Definition of "ill-breeding" [ill-breeding]

• Breeding mischief or evil.
• Bad breeding; bad manners; rudeness; bad bringing up: as, “the ill-breeding of modern young men.” (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Still others frowned upon their attire: “It is said of [the Jews] that their ill-breeding shows itself in an ignorance of the canons of good taste in dress, which causes them to affect patent leather boots, showy trousers and conspicuous and vulgar jewelry.”"
• "Mr. Russia thinks that all who find him intolerable must be of some certain political opinion, to justify in his own mind his ill-breeding."
• "Mr Arnott, extremely disconcerted, began a serious expostulation upon the ill-breeding of this behaviour; but the devil, resting all excuse upon supporting his character, only answered by growling."