misbreed

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ breed.

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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

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