English

Alternative forms

• under-bred

Adjective

underbred ‎(comparative more underbred, superlative most underbred)

1. (chiefly horses) of inferior breeding
   • 1902, Frank Sherman Peer, Cross country with horse and hound:

     I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.

2. lacking in manners or finesse
   • 1923, H. G. Wells, Men Like Gods:

     Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.

Synonyms

• (manners): uncouth, rude, impolite

Antonyms

• (breeding): thoroughbred