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stepchild
[ step-chahyld ]
noun
- a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- any person, organization, affiliate, project, etc., that is not properly treated, supported, or appreciated:
This agency is the stepchild when appropriations are handed out.
stepchild
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noun
- a stepson or stepdaughter
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stepchild1
Example Sentences
West Sacramento has long been the region’s scrawny stepchild of a municipality.
However, she made headlines in 2017 after her dispute with her stepchildren over how to care for her then ailing husband came into public view.
The only exception will be for relatives adopting a child or stepchild, a spokesperson said.
Ms Curtiss previously said she had received assurances that the rule regarding stepchildren would go.
Particularly when the refusal to admit that stepchildren “count†is perilously close to the suggestion that “having children†means “having your own biological children.â€
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