underbreeding

English

Etymology 1

From underbreed +‎ -ing.

Verb

underbreeding

1. present participle and gerund of underbreed

Etymology 2

From under- +‎ breeding.

Noun

underbreeding (uncountable)

1. A lack of manners or sophistication.
   • 1916, Princess Eleanor Hulda Calhoun Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich, Pleasures and Palaces:

     It was considered the acme of underbreeding to manifest any sense whatever of patronage in such deeds.