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Definition of "unmotherly" [unmotherly]

  • Not motherly; unmaternal. (adjective)

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Use "unmotherly" in a sentence
  • "If Mama Cow continues to act unmotherly, this calf will be a bum orphan."
  • "In biographies, Flora is often presented as cruel and unmotherly to Jack."
  • "And again solemnly interrogated, declares, that she would have been drawn with wild horses, rather than have touched the bairn with an unmotherly hand."
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