Fromun- +breed.
unbreed (pluralunbreeds)
- Themutt, considered as abreed in its own right.
2005, Julia Szabo,The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts, Workman Publishing,→ISBN:They are a generic, a noname animal, theunbreed, 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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unbreed (third-person singular simple presentunbreeds,present participleunbreeding,simple past and past participleunbred)
- Toundobreeding or itseffects.
1967,Sidney W. Bijou, Donald M. Baer, editors,Child Development: Readings in Experimental Analysis, Appleton-Century-Crofts, page111:We cannotunbreed the child and reconstitute his genes in a happier combination.
2005 January 24, Tara Brautigam, “Pit bull ban? Owners and officials facing off”, inThe Spectator:"That's what they were bred for and you just can'tunbreed that kind of stuff in an animal overnight," Ellis said.
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- To cause to becomeextinct throughinsufficientfertility.
2004,Ben J. Wattenberg,Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future, Ivan R. Dee,→ISBN, page16:(No, I don't think the human species willunbreed itself out of existence.)
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- (figurative) Tounmake ordestroy.
1991, Kenneth Craig,The Arab Christian: A History in the Middle East, Westminster/John Knox Press,→ISBN,page208:In the 1970s it was different, and there was no feasible Shihāb to hold the ring andunbreed suspicion.
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