dadless
adjUS /ˈdædləs/
Etymology From dad + -less.
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Synonym of fatherless.
- 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.2001, Roger D. Skillings, How many die:
- I would be left completely dadless. As I pondered this, it occurred to me that, symbolically, Hollywood would be left dadless as well.2004, Katie Heuermann, Shadows of Seven, page 51:
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- Ironically, and sadly, the alternative is not the case in dadless television families.2010, Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, Lindsay Cornish, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, page 295: