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  • She came from a long pedigree of musicians stretching back four generations.
    pedigree = family history
  • This was her way of saying that despite my pedigree we were in effect starting from scratch.†  (source)
  • He asked about the animals' pedigree and my breeding methods.†  (source)
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  • The corner of a pedigree pinched between his fingers.†  (source)
  • A curved, gilded staircase dominates the area, creating a picture-perfect setting for couples with long dresses and tuxes, tasteful accents and pedigrees.†  (source)
  • Earlier in the year, he added to this pedigreed resume his appointment as the undersecretary of state to John Foster Dulles.†  (source)
  • He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede.†  (source)
    unpedigreed = not with a distinguished background
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unpedigreed means not and reverses the meaning of pedigreed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • Louie, who knew only a smattering of English until he was in grade school, couldn't hide his pedigree.†  (source)
  • An overweight high school principal who barely finished college, and a pack of angry housewives with pedigrees that couldn't rival Boo Radley's, hardly qualify.†  (source)
  • She was wealthy and pedigreed, living in her parents' mansion and educated in private schools.†  (source)
  • First, by beginning your breeding program with dogs you found "excellent in temperament and structure" but of unpedigreed stock, you have made attaining your objective—and I admit I don't fully understand it—immeasurably harder.†  (source)
  • Maybe, with my Southern drawl and lack of a family pedigree, I felt like I needed proof that I belonged at Yale Law.†  (source)
  • Fine old families; their pedigrees ensure a large degree of sticking together and giving advice to one another.†  (source)
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