unheired

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adjective

without an heir; heirless.

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Meanings

adjectiveunheired (not comparable)
  1. not comparablewithout an heir; heirless.

    to leave him utterly unheired

    [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC
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    Though Joanna and Andreas had consummated their marriage, it would have been ridiculous for a queen to remain unmarried and unheired. Joanna aimed to put herself back on the royal marriage market.

    2018, Tristan Palmgren, Quietus

Origin

From un- + heir + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

unaired

Anagrams

Rudeineh
Cite this entry
APA

unheired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheired

MLA

“unheired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheired. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unheired,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheired.

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