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单词 unbred
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unbredadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈbred.
1. Unborn. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come
towardc888
tocomingOE
futurec1374
unborn1598
to-be1609
unbred1609
hereaftera1616
succeeding1676
uprising1727
unarrived1745
will-be1802
unelapsed1805
unforegone1844
upcoming1879
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets civ. sig. G2v For feare of which, heare this thou age vnbred, Ere you were borne was beauties summer dead. View more context for this quotation
2.
a. Not properly bred or brought up; not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred
foul-itowenc1225
villain1340
villainous?a1366
lewdc1380
ungentle1398
low-bred1599
ill-bred1622
unbred1622
underbred1650
unjaunty1671
ungenteel1676
half-bred1694
ingenteel1694
cocktail1835
mal élevé1878
hairy at the heel1890
1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 146 Borish unbred upstartts, whoe abound in all pryde and insolenceey.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 Seeing much of Truth is contained in our English Proverb, It is as good to be unborn as unbred.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 48 My Nephew's a little unbred, you'll pardon him, Madam.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 492. ⁋2 A little Country Girl..that makes her use of being young and unbred.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 164 Would he not be reckoned more fantastically savage than even his unbred footman!
b. Not trained in, not brought up to, some occupation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained
untrained1548
untaught1581
unread1596
unprincipled1637
unbred1681
jack-legged1839
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 68 Dull Northern Brains in these deep Arts unbred, Know nought but to cut Throats.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 433 A Warriour Dame; Unbred to Spinning, in the Loom unskill'd.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 304 With no education,..often unbred to any handicraft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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