Unbreed vs Inbreed - What's the difference?
unbreed | inbreed |
The mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.
* 2005 , Julia Szabo, The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts , Workman Publishing (2005), ISBN 9780761133483:
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To undo breeding or its effects.
* 1967 , Child Development: Readings in Experimental Analysis (eds. & Donald M. Baer), Appleton-Century-Crofts (1967), page 111:
* 2005 , Tara Brautigam, "Pit bull ban? Owners and officials facing off", The Spectator , 24 January 2005:
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To cause to become extinct through insufficient fertility.
* 2004 , , Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future , Ivan R. Dee (2004), ISBN 9781566636063, page 16:
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(figurative) To unmake or destroy.
* 1991 , Kenneth Craig, The Arab Christian: A History in the Middle East , Westminster/John Knox Press (1991), ISBN 9780664219451,
* To breed or reproduce with those that are related.
To breed with those that share common traits or qualities.
To produce or generate within.
As verbs the difference between unbreed and inbreed
is that unbreed is to undo breeding or its effects while inbreed is to breed or reproduce with those that are related.As a noun unbreed
is the mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.unbreed
English
Noun
(en noun)- They are a generic, a noname animal, the unbreed , one of a kind, and in these days of mass-produced merchandise, of branding run rampant, the mutt's uniqueness is a priceless commodity.
Verb
- We cannot unbreed the child and reconstitute his genes in a happier combination.
- "That's what they were bred for and you just can't unbreed that kind of stuff in an animal overnight," Ellis said.
- (No, I don't think the human species will unbreed itself out of existence.)
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- In the 1970s it was different, and there was no feasible Shih?b to hold the ring and unbreed suspicion.