ill-bred

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ill-bred

adjective more ill-bred · most ill-bred · illbred

ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be...
of animals of bad breed On the night in question, the whole house was awakened by a dreadful cats'-concert. Two or three of the gang of ill-bred, shabby cats that ran wild over the brick roofs of our town were sitting on the general's terrace screaming at the top of their repulsive voices.

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adj ill-mannered and unrefined

Español	maleducado
Ελληνικά	απαιδαγώγητος apaidagógitos

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@misc{ill_bred_2026,
  title = {ill-bred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-bred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}