Meanings
- not comparableLacking maternal care; not raised by a mother.
Twin lambs were divided into 2 groups: an unmothered group consisting of 1 of each pair of twins separated from its mother at birth, and a mothered group...
1965, American Psychological Association, Psychological abstracts, Volume 391 more example
In contrast, Artemis and Athena are more likely to cause others who care about them to feel rejected or unimportant, especially if, like Atalanta, they were unmothered and had to raise themselves much of the time.
2014, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, page 136
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unmother
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 缺乏母愛的 /缺乏母爱的
- 缺乏母愛的 /缺乏母爱的 (quēfá mǔ'ài de)not raised by a mother
Finnish äidittömänä kasvanut
- äidittömänä kasvanutnot raised by a mother
Portuguese sem mãe
- sem mãenot raised by a mother
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