unfatherlyadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɑːðəli/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɑðərli/ Unbefitting a father.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > unfatherly
unfatherlike1611
unfatherly1621
unfathered1778
1621 J. Taylor Unnaturall Father sig. B2 So hee performed his last vnfatherly deed vpon her.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 209 To trie, if by his vnfatherly tortures, shee may bee wrought to leaue louing you.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 866 Nature, pulling at thine heart, Condemns th' unfatherly, th' imprudent part. View more context for this quotation
1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 20 It might be considered unmanly or unfatherly to fall sick.
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unˈfatherliness n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [noun] > unfatherliness
unfatherliness1850
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. III. xxv. 285 No hell. No unfatherliness. No monstrous exactions of assent to the incredible.
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adj.1621- to lay one's care on god
- to lay one's concerns on god
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