Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of fatherless.
Ironically, and sadly, the alternative is not the case in dadless television families.
2010, Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, Lindsay Cornish, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, page 2952 more examples
Her liaison with Selwyn's father, whom she never lived with en famille, dissolved before their son was one year old, leaving the dadless lads to the care of a spinster nanny named Jane, who flagellated them with her single, dire bit of wisdom: that they could never know how lucky they were, never to endure the supreme pain of childbirth.
2001, Roger D. Skillings, How many dieI would be left completely dadless. As I pondered this, it occurred to me that, symbolically, Hollywood would be left dadless as well.
2004, Katie Heuermann, Shadows of Seven, page 51Synonyms: fatherless
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adjectiveSynonym of fatherless.
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dadless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadless
“dadless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dadless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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