misbreed

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈbɹiːd/
(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsbɹiːd/

Verb

misbreed (third-person singular simple present misbreeds, present participle misbreeding, simple past and past participle misbred)

To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring.
- 1994, Brian G. Domino, Social and Political Philosophy, page 29:
  Discord will occur even in Socrates ' city because the rulers, no matter how wise, will misbreed the guardians, producing inferior guardians, who bring discord with them.
- 2005, Mark Bennett Feldman, Narrating, Displaying and Spectating the Animal, page 287:
  Humans breed in ways quite similar to those of animals; and if humans misbreed, the results are misbreeds.
- 2014, David V. McCorkle, Why the Universe Bothers to Exist, page 21:
  So what keeps wolves and coyotes from interbreeding in nature? Obviously, those who don't misbreed will leave more viable offspring.

Noun

misbreed (plural misbreeds)

The inferior offspring that results from misbreeding.
- 2005, Mark Bennett Feldman, Narrating, Displaying and Spectating the Animal, page 287:
  Humans breed in ways quite similar to those of animals; and if humans misbreed, the results are misbreeds.
- 2008, Don Rainwater, Kellie Rainwater, The Jack Russell Terrier Canine Companion Or Demon Dog, page 43:
  Some breeders will go as far as to say that if a Jack Russell is not used for field work than it's not a Jack Russell, but a misbreed that looks like a Jack Russell.
- 2015, Kevin J. Anderson, Blood of the Cosmos:
  Beside her, a misbreed named Alaa'kh hunched forward, lifted a too-flexible arm, and tilted a bowl so that the runny gruel could pour down into a gaping mouth that had no chewing apparatus; the gruel simply trickled into his digestive system.

Anagrams

breedism, simbered