unbred

Not properly raised

Unbred describes an animal that has not been bred—either not yet mated or deliberately kept from reproduction.

In agricultural and breeding contexts: The unbred heifers were kept in a separate pasture.

Less commonly, unbred can mean ill-bred or lacking proper upbringing, though this sense is archaic: unbred manners.

uncultivated

fallow

Unplanted field recovering

virgin · undeveloped · unfarmed · wild · unmanaged · unsown · uncropped · natural · rough · unworked

unrefined

coarse

Rough in texture

crude · ill-mannered · uncivilized · rude · uncultured · unpolished · rough · brutish · churlish · loutish

innate

inborn

Existing from birth

intrinsic · congenital · unlearned · intuitive · unacquired · natural · genetic · hereditary · ingrained · untaught

Opposites
breeding/reproduction

unbredbred

Raised or propagated

purebred · pedigreed · thoroughbred · well-bred · cultivated

refinement/manners

unbredwell-bred

Having good upbringing

refined · cultivated · polished · well-mannered · mannered

Family

breed, breeding, bred, breeder, breeds, inbred, purebred, well-bred, breeders

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