"dadless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdædləs/ [US]
Etymology: From dad + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dad|less}} dad + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dadless (not comparable)
  1. Synonym of fatherless Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: fatherless [synonym, synonym-of]
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          "ref": "2001, Roger D. Skillings, How many die:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Katie Heuermann, Shadows of Seven, page 51:",
          "text": "I would be left completely dadless. As I pondered this, it occurred to me that, symbolically, Hollywood would be left dadless as well.",
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          "ref": "2010, Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, Lindsay Cornish, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, page 295:",
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