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unheired

unheired adjective: without an heir; heirless.

Adjective

unheired (not comparable)

  1. without an heir; heirless.
    • to leave him utterly unheired[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
    • Though Joanna and Andreas had consummated their marriage, it would have been ridiculous for a queen to remain unmarried and unheired. Joanna aimed to put herself back on the royal marriage market.2018, Tristan Palmgren, Quietus

Origin of unheired

From un- + heir + -ed.

Questions about unheired

What does unheired mean?
Unheired means without an heir; heirless.
What part of speech is unheired?
Unheired is an adjective.

Words near unheired in the dictionary

  1. unhefty
  2. unhegemonic
  3. unheightened
  4. unheimlich
  5. unheinous
  6. unheired
  7. unheld
  8. unhele
  9. unheled
  10. unheles
  11. unheling

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