Childless

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having any children. not-comparable

    "I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    without offspring wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unfruitfulacarpousaridbabylessbabylessbarren

Example

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"Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime, profit by his good fortune."

Etymology

From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less.

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