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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Should she succeed, she would be a penniless unmarried female with a daughter, her child would be unfathered and base, and he,—as far as she could see,—would be beyond the reach of punishment.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
The question of the maintenance of such unfathered children is a scandal of our time.
From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
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
Or else He gave it not, and then indeed We know not if HE is—by whom our years Are portioned, who the orphan moons doth lead, And the unfathered spheres.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
Such masses of humanity; such dim, uncertain origins of unfathered races; these can only be caught and seen as through a glass darkly.
From Flash-lights from the Seven Seas by McConnell, Francis John
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