unfathered

[ uhn-fah-therd ]

adjective

1. having no father; fatherless.
2. of illegitimate or unknown paternity; bastard.
3. not ascribable to a particular author or source:

   unfathered tales.

unfathered

/ ʌnˈfɑːðəd /

adjective

1. having no known father
2. of unknown or uncertain origin
3. archaic.
   fatherless

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfathered¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹ + father + -ed ³

Example Sentences

But he turned to his own family, then as always afterwards, with an affection stimulated by his unfathered state in England.

From Project Gutenberg

From all other contact with the world they are shielded by an outpost guard of a few of the Servants of Mary, an industrious, self-supporting sisterhood, whose own convent, half a mile away, is a refuge for unwedded mothers and a home for unfathered children.

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Unfathered, un-f�′thėrd, adj. having no father, fatherless: not acknowledged by its father.—adj.

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Why, look you," the judge would say, "this boy is really no proper child at all; anyhow he is quite unfathered, and could be as rascally as he pleased, for there's none to cast it up to him.

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Ha, ye beside the wall Unfathered children, God hate you As I am hated, and him, too, That gat you, and this house and all!

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