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unfathered

unfathered adjective: not raised by or acknowledged by a father. Also the simple past and past participle of unfather.

Adjective

unfathered (not comparable)

  1. Not raised by or acknowledged by a father.

Also used as

unfathered is also the simple past and past participle of unfather.

Origin of unfathered

From un- + fathered.

Questions about unfathered

What does unfathered mean?
Unfathered means not raised by or acknowledged by a father.
What part of speech is unfathered?
Unfathered is an adjective.

Words near unfathered in the dictionary

  1. unfat
  2. unfatal
  3. unfated
  4. unfateful
  5. unfather
  6. unfathered
  7. unfathering
  8. unfatherlike
  9. unfatherliness
  10. unfatherly
  11. unfathers

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