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overbred

overbred

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Animals produced by too much mating are weak and often sick
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈbrɛd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sobrecriado
  • The overbred plants in the garden developed unusual characteristics that made them weak and hard to care for.

Examples

  • Many overbred animals face serious health issues that can be avoided with responsible breeding practices.

  • The overbred dogs often exhibit health problems due to their excessive breeding.

  • There was one particularly curious difference between our families, though: whereas mine, whose gene pool was weak and overbred, should have been rife with chronic diseases, we, in fact, were blessed with tremendous longevity.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • No vet care, no proper food, filthy small cages in heat and cold for the overbred female that suffers to give a pup that is also often ill. 11,000 dogs and cats are killed each and every day, and many are good animals that die.

    Blog text (24)

Surface Forms

overbred positive

Morphology

overbred = breed (transparent) = over + bred

The prefix 'over-' clearly indicates excessiveness when combined with 'breed', making the meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Overbred comes from over- meaning 'too much' and bred from breed, which means 'to raise' or 'produce' animals, so an overbred animal is one that has been bred 'too much' and often becomes weak or sick.