fatherless

adjective

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as in motherless

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Recent Examples of fatherless That his children are fatherless because his ideas and his beliefs differed from somebody else, apparently. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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motherless
Adjective
  • Cathy leaves her twin boys motherless, but Adam leaves them fatherless.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Jayson and Robbie fought over the future of their two motherless children, and now all four children are both motherless and fatherless.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Fatherless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherless. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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