unfathered
Americanadjective
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having no father; fatherless.
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of illegitimate or unknown paternity; bastard.
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not ascribable to a particular author or source.
unfathered tales.
adjective
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having no known father
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of unknown or uncertain origin
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archaic fatherless
Etymology
Origin of unfathered
Example Sentences
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In the same way an unfathered joke of Lockhart’s was attributed to Sydney Smith, and the process is constantly illustrated in daily conversation.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
I am a lone, unfathered chick, Of artificial hatching, A pilgrim in a desert wild, By happier, mothered chicks reviled, From all relationships exiled, To do my own lone scratching.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Oh, the forfeit! and oh, the girl unfathered, Wilfully, madly!
From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)
And my dear little unmothered, unfathered boy, how happy I could make him!
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
And before it had come on for trial the case of Aurora Lane and her unfathered boy.
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson
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