unbreed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.
verb
To cause to become extinct through insufficient fertility.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.)"
- "In the 1970s it was different, and there was no feasible Shihāb to hold the ring and unbreed suspicion."
Etymology
From un- + breed.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un