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unmotherly

unmotherly adjective: not motherly; unmaternal.

Adjective

unmotherly (comparative more unmotherly, superlative most unmotherly)

  1. Not motherly; unmaternal.

Forms of unmotherly

comparativemore unmotherly
superlativemost unmotherly

Origin of unmotherly

From un- + motherly.

Words formed from unmotherly

Questions about unmotherly

What does unmotherly mean?
Unmotherly means not motherly; unmaternal.
What part of speech is unmotherly?
Unmotherly is an adjective.

Words near unmotherly in the dictionary

  1. unmothballs
  2. unmother
  3. unmothered
  4. unmothering
  5. unmotherliness
  6. unmotherly
  7. unmothers
  8. unmotivate
  9. unmotivated
  10. unmotivatedly
  11. unmotivatedness

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