ill-bred
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adjective
showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
Origin:
1615–25
1615–25
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| ill-bred | |
| —adj | |
| badly brought up; lacking good manners | |
| ill-'breeding | |
| —n | |
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Ill-bred
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
Nothing could be more ill-bred than to treat curtly any overture made in spontaneous friendliness.
The face on which sundry ill-bred wrinkles begin to make inroads, is not nearly so unlike the smooth.
Let them then leave these impieties to those who are sufficiently ill-bred to be really capable of them.
It appears to be recognized as not ill-bred to stare at a lady so long as there is anything left of her.
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