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ILL-BREEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ill-breeding mean? 

ILL-BREEDING (noun)
  The noun ILL-BREEDING has 1 sense:

1. impoliteness resulting from ignoranceplay

  Familiarity information: ILL-BREEDING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ILL-BREEDING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Impoliteness resulting from ignorance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bad manners; ill-breeding

Hypernyms ("ill-breeding" is a kind of...):

impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)


 Context examples 


Mr. Darcy looked a little ashamed of his aunt's ill-breeding, and made no answer.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The motive was too common to be wondered at; but the means, however they might succeed by establishing his superiority in ill-breeding, were not likely to attach any one to him except his wife.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)



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