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单词 unfathered
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unfathered

[ uhn-fah-therd ]
/ ʌnˈfɑ ðərd /

adjective

having no father; fatherless.
of illegitimate or unknown paternity; bastard.
not ascribable to a particular author or source: unfathered tales.

Origin of unfathered

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-1 + father + -ed3

Words nearby unfathered

unfaithful, unfamiliar, unfancied, unfashionable, unfasten, unfathered, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfavoured, unfazed
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Example sentences from the Web for unfathered

  • And my dear little unmothered, unfathered boy, how happy I could make him!

    The Story Of Waitstill Baxter|By Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • Unfathered, un-f′thėrd, adj. having no father, fatherless: not acknowledged by its father.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • And before it had come on for trial the case of Aurora Lane and her unfathered boy.

    The Broken Gate|Emerson Hough
  • But he turned to his own family, then as always afterwards, with an affection stimulated by his unfathered state in England.

    The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for unfathered

unfathered
/ (ʌnˈfɑːðəd) /

adjective

having no known father
of unknown or uncertain origin
archaic fatherless
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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