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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 ignorance

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

Dictionary entry details

• ILL-BREEDING (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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