dadless

English

Etymology

dad +‎ -less

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdædləs/

Adjective

dadless (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of fatherless
    • 2001, Roger D. Skillings, How many die:
      Her liaison with Selwyn's father, whom she never lived with en famille, dissolved before their son was one year old, leaving the dadless lads to the care of a spinster nanny named Jane, who flagellated them with her single, dire bit of wisdom: that they could never know how lucky they were, never to endure the supreme pain of childbirth.
    • 2004, Katie Heuermann, Shadows of Seven, page 51:
      I would be left completely dadless. As I pondered this, it occurred to me that, symbolically, Hollywood would be left dadless as well.
    • 2010, Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, Lindsay Cornish, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, page 295:
      Ironically, and sadly, the alternative is not the case in dadless television families.

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