motherless

/ ˈmʌðələs /

adjective

1. not having a mother

adverb

1. informal,  (intensifier)

   motherless broke

Example Sentences

Delila Combs, 18, pleaded: "We can't watch our baby sister grow up fatherless the same way we grew up motherless... Please, please give our family the chance to heal."

From BBC

If half of all children are girls, we have 64,500 more motherless daughters now.

From Salon

"You intended to leave my husband a widower and my children motherless. There is no forgiveness for you."

From BBC

The motherless cubs aren’t yet self-sufficient and thus are at high risk, triggering the search for them in the parklands, he added.

From Seattle Times

Her thoughtful look at how her identity as a refugee intertwines with that of a motherless daughter speaks to feelings both specific to the displaced and familiar to anyone afflicted with loneliness.

From Los Angeles Times