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unmothered

  • a word derived from mother.
    mother
    noun
    a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.

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A sudden realization of the loneliness of Lydia's unmothered girlhood, of her innocent faith in him, touched the best that was in him.

From Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow

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

Do you think you'll be left to the sound o' wailin' an' weepin' Lonely an' cold in the cloam, unmothered an' stark?

From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Bernard Moore

This helplessness pressing against her breast recalled her poignant childhood, unmothered yet often in passionate grief groping for maternal arms.

From The Salamander by Owen Johnson

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