childless
pronunciation
How to pronounce childless in British English:
UK [ˈtʃaɪldləs]
How to pronounce childless in American English:
US [ˈtʃaɪldləs]
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- Adjective:
- without offspring
Word Origin
- childless (adj.)
- c. 1200, from child (n.) + -less. Related: Childlessness.
Example
- 1. The childless care about children too .
- 2. But you also don 't want to die childless while waiting for the right conditions .
- 3. It was not all gloom for the childless , though .
- 4. Many american childless couples adopt chinese children .
- 5. Only one in ten women born in 1945 was childless .