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dadless

US/ˈdædləs/

dadless adjective: synonym of fatherless.

Adjective

dadless (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of fatherless.
    • Her liaison with Selwyn's father, whom she never lived with en famille, dissolved before their son was one year old, leaving the dadless lads to the care of a spinster nanny named Jane, who flagellated them with her single, dire bit of wisdom: that they could never know how lucky they were, never...2001, Roger D. Skillings, How many die
    • I would be left completely dadless. As I pondered this, it occurred to me that, symbolically, Hollywood would be left dadless as well.2004, Katie Heuermann, Shadows of Seven, page 51
    Synonyms:
    fatherless

Synonyms of dadless

Origin of dadless

From dad + -less.

Questions about dadless

What does dadless mean?
Dadless means synonym of fatherless.
What part of speech is dadless?
Dadless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dadless?
Dadless is pronounced /ˈdædləs/ (US).

Words near dadless in the dictionary

  1. dadication
  2. dadications
  3. dadihu
  4. Dadio
  5. Dadios
  6. dadless
  7. dadlike
  8. dadliness
  9. Dadlington
  10. Dadlington and Sutton Cheney
  11. dadly

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