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Definition of "childless" []

  • Not having any children. (adjective)

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Use "childless" in a sentence
  • "A woman who chooses to remain childless is no less of a woman than one who chooses motherhood."
  • "And here we must extend the term childless marriages to cover households in which the children have grown up and gone their own way, leaving the parents alone together: a point at which many worthy couples discover for the first time that they have long since lost interest in one another, and have been united only by a common interest in their children."
  • "Matthew gives the legal pedigree through Solomon down to Joseph; Luke the real pedigree, from Mary, the real parent, through Nathan, brother of Solomon, upwards (Lu 3: 31). no man of his seed ... upon the throne -- This explains the sense in which "childless" is used."