as in illegitimate
born to a father and mother who are not married
grew up unfathered and looked up to his uncle as a male role model
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illegitimate
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That difference suggests that the government sees this extension of patent rights as an illegitimate way for a company to exclude other companies from competing.
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Some fraudsters run an illegitimate DME company and get a doctor to prescribe the equipment.
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“Unfathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfathered. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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