wifeless
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5.7
- adjective
- /ˈwaɪfləs/
- Perhaps one day this army of wifeless "little emperors"—the "bare branches," as they are called in China—will invade the U.S. to reclaim those thousands of Chinese girls who have been raised by American families and single mothers.
- wifeless man
Examples
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Living as a wifeless man, he often spent his evenings reminiscing about better times.
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He is middle-aged, successful, confident, and wifeless.
Blog text (2) -
Well, I'm wifeless and jobless and I live in a hotel.
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My purse has yet to know a silver lining Still lifeless is my wifeless family tree But if for love unending thou art pining Marry me, marry me, marry me
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All it would take was bringing the two men together once—inviting Adrian for supper, say, as a neighbor left wifeless and forced to cook for himself—and the situation would lose all its potential for drama.
Fiction book (1995) -
Perhaps it was his metamorphosis that had brought hers about: from an authoritative, house-holding husband, father, lecturer, and critic to a homeless, jobless, wifeless old man.
Fiction book (1997) -
After his wife passed away, he felt like a wifeless ghost wandering through life.
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Being wifeless at a wedding made him realize just how lonely he had become.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not having a husband or wife
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7.8
Not having a partner for love or marriage
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4.2
Alone because there is no one to be with
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6.5
Alone with no one to be with you
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4.1
Not in a romantic relationship or living with someone
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wifeless comes from wife and the ending -less, where -less means 'without'. Just like in hopeless or careless, wifeless means 'without a wife', so it describes someone who has no wife.