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Unbreed vs Inbreed - What's the difference?

unbreed | inbreed |

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)
  • The mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.
  • * 2005 , Julia Szabo, The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts , Workman Publishing (2005), ISBN 9780761133483:
  • 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.
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  • Verb

  • To undo breeding or its effects.
  • * 1967 , Child Development: Readings in Experimental Analysis (eds. & Donald M. Baer), Appleton-Century-Crofts (1967), page 111:
  • We cannot unbreed the child and reconstitute his genes in a happier combination.
  • * 2005 , Tara Brautigam, "Pit bull ban? Owners and officials facing off", The Spectator , 24 January 2005:
  • "That's what they were bred for and you just can't unbreed that kind of stuff in an animal overnight," Ellis said.
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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:
  • (No, I don't think the human species will unbreed itself out of existence.)
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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, page 208:
  • In the 1970s it was different, and there was no feasible Shih?b to hold the ring and unbreed suspicion.
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  • inbreed

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

  • To breed or reproduce with those that are related.
  • To breed with those that share common traits or qualities.
  • To produce or generate within.
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