maternal
adjective
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother.
unmaternal
-
a word derived from
maternal.
Example Sentences
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She is often portrayed as unmaternal but this seems inaccurate.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 13, 2015
It would seem ungrateful and tactless, unmaternal and frankly unnatural to hint at feeling anything more nuanced.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2013
And there is strong support from Llewella Gideon as a midwife stoically inured to serial abuse and from Louise Brealey as a deeply unmaternal obstetrician who has similarly acquired patience in dealing with insufferable patients.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2012
She's also unapologetically unmaternal, a cardinal sin in an era in which every woman in power, including Hillary Clinton, lists mother or grandmother as their "most important job."
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
So, with such pain, recoils the woolly dam, Unused, affrighted, from her yeanling lamb: I, one with her in cruel fellowship, Marvel what unmaternal thing I am.
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
