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unfatherlike

unfatherlike adjective: not befitting a father.

Adjective

unfatherlike (comparative more unfatherlike, superlative most unfatherlike)

  1. Not befitting a father.

Forms of unfatherlike

comparativemore unfatherlike
superlativemost unfatherlike

Origin of unfatherlike

From un- + fatherlike.

Questions about unfatherlike

What does unfatherlike mean?
Unfatherlike means not befitting a father.
What part of speech is unfatherlike?
Unfatherlike is an adjective.

Words near unfatherlike in the dictionary

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

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