Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Badly brought up; impolite and crude.
- adjective Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Badly brought up; impolite; rude.
- Badly bred, as a mongrel dog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under
ill , adv.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
ill-mannered andunrefined because of a badupbringing oreducation - adjective of animals of bad
breed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
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Examples
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Except, wait, what the hell does it mean for a word to be “ill-bred”?
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But I see him for what he is, a nasty, ill-bred creature who thinks he's great.
Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011
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But I see him for what he is, a nasty, ill-bred creature who thinks he's great.
Mark J. Hulkower, prosecutor in Aldrich Ames spy case, dies at 53 T. Rees Shapiro 2011
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I apologized profusely and explained that I was an American who was not only rude but clearly ill-bred.
An American Wine Lover in Paris Lettie Teague 2012
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I plan on rubbing this in for a while as an object lesson to others who consider a career as an ill-bred shill.
Sen. Bob Bennett (R, UT) will not be re-elected. | RedState 2010
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Except, wait, what the hell does it mean for a word to be “ill-bred”?
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Clemens spent most of his time at the opening session observing a particularly ill-bred Washoe delegate, “Colonel” Jonathan Williams, eating an eighteen-pound raw turnip at his desk while simultaneously ushering through committee a sinuous new bill for a toll road that stretched conveniently from one tollhouse to another.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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"These kids are so appallingly ill-bred," Peter said of certain players, though there were few around this late in the tournament.
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I told him he was ill-mannered and ill-bred and unappreciative of Mr. Purcel, who works hard on behalf of his clients.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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Clemens spent most of his time at the opening session observing a particularly ill-bred Washoe delegate, “Colonel” Jonathan Williams, eating an eighteen-pound raw turnip at his desk while simultaneously ushering through committee a sinuous new bill for a toll road that stretched conveniently from one tollhouse to another.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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