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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But he turned to his own family, then as always afterwards, with an affection stimulated by his unfathered state in England.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
And my dear little unmothered, unfathered boy, how happy I could make him!
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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)
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
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
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