unmothered
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a word derived from
mother.
mothernouna woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
Example Sentences
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For Anne Mortimer was one of those hapless girls who are not motherless, but what is far worse, unmothered.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
If it is the will of the beneficent gods that you find the unmothered woman of great beauty in time, then it shall be so.
From Son of Power by Will Levington Comfort
And my dear little unmothered, unfathered boy, how happy I could make him!
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
The little unmothered daughter calls out all the motherhood in the great, brawny man, and they walk hand in hand, blest with a great content.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
Motherhood meant for her now, not only her feeling for her little son, but an aching towards all unmothered things.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives