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motherless

/ ˈʌðəə /

adjective

  1. not having a mother
“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


adverb

  1. informal.
    (intensifier)

    motherless broke

“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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Just last year, Australian women conducted what’s thought to be the largest known study of motherless daughters.

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"You intended to leave my husband a widower and my children motherless. There is no forgiveness for you."

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The motherless cubs aren’t yet self-sufficient and thus are at high risk, triggering the search for them in the parklands, he added.

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Her thoughtful look at how her identity as a refugee intertwines with that of a motherless daughter speaks to feelings both specific to the displaced and familiar to anyone afflicted with loneliness.

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Writing is another way motherless daughters are connecting.

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