motherless
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈmʌðərləs/
:
sin madre
- Two young girls, motherless at nearly the same age?
- motherless children
Examples
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The organization provides support for motherless children who need care and guidance.
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A motherless girl might dream of a house full of flickering light and muffled music.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the face of a motherless child.
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"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child..."
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This warrior is a woman, a motherless daughter.
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Yes, my children would be left motherless, but that is what love is... sacrifice.
Blog text (4) -
My wife cannot leave my niece behind because she is... young, motherless, and is very sick.
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All our lives, we'd looked out for each other... in that way that motherless children tend to do.
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Aunt Polly: I'm glad to see him, poor motherless thing!
Fiction book (2001) -
A motherless boy, but one who thrived on adversity.
Synonyms
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3.5
A child or young animal without parents and with no one to care for them
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Motherless is simply mother + -less, where -less means 'without', as in hopeless. So motherless means 'without a mother'.