underbreeding
English
Etymology 1
From underbreed + -ing.
Verb
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- present participle and gerund of underbreed
Etymology 2
From under- + breedingCategory:English terms prefixed with under-#BREEDING.
Noun
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- A lack of manners or sophistication.
- 1916, Princess Eleanor Hulda Calhoun Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich, Pleasures and Palaces:
- It was considered the acme of underbreeding to manifest any sense whatever of patronage in such deeds.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDERBREEDING