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unmothered

unmothered adjective: lacking maternal care; not raised by a mother. Also the simple past and past participle of unmother.

Adjective

unmothered (not comparable)

  1. Lacking maternal care; not raised by a mother.
    • Twin lambs were divided into 2 groups: an unmothered group consisting of 1 of each pair of twins separated from its mother at birth, and a mothered group...1965, American Psychological Association, Psychological abstracts, Volume 39
    • In contrast, Artemis and Athena are more likely to cause others who care about them to feel rejected or unimportant, especially if, like Atalanta, they were unmothered and had to raise themselves much of the time.2014, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, page 136

Also used as

unmothered is also the simple past and past participle of unmother.

Origin of unmothered

From un- + mothered.

Questions about unmothered

What does unmothered mean?
Unmothered means lacking maternal care; not raised by a mother.
What part of speech is unmothered?
Unmothered is an adjective.

Words near unmothered in the dictionary

  1. unmothball
  2. unmothballed
  3. unmothballing
  4. unmothballs
  5. unmother
  6. unmothered
  7. unmothering
  8. unmotherliness
  9. unmotherly
  10. unmothers
  11. unmotivate

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