What does childless mean?
Definitions for childless
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Princeton's WordNet
childlessadjective
without offspring
"in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"
Wiktionary
childlessadjective
Not having any children.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Childlessadjective
Without children; without offspring.
Etymology: from child.
As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. 1 Samuel, xv. 33.
A man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men; which have sought to express the images of their minds, where those of their bodies have failed: so the care of posterity is most in them that have no posterity. Francis Bacon, Essay, 7.
Childless thou art, childless remain: so death
Shall be deceiv’d his glut. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 989.She can give you the reason why such a one died childless. Spectator, №. 403.
Wikipedia
Childless
Childless is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Charlie Levi and starring Barbara Hershey, Joe Mantegna, James Naughton and Diane Venora.The sudden passing of a teenage girl unsettles the four adults in her life. Jarred by this glimpse of mortality, they struggle to understand – or justify – the current state of their own lives. As each gets ready for the funeral, they speak their private thoughts directly to the camera, leaving it up to the viewer to make sense of these off-kilter, self-serving, yet frequently humorous accounts of the family story. By the end of the day, more than a teenager has been put to rest. Hope beckons.
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childless
Childless refers to an individual, couple, or a state of being where there are no children, either through circumstance or personal choice. This may be attributed to infertility, personal preference, age, health issues, or other factors that result in not having biological, adopted, or foster children.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of childless in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of childless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of childless in a Sentence
Now, some people think this means I've changed. I assure you, I have not. I am still the same unmarried, childless, pot-smoking libertine I always was, let's get this straight. It's not me who's changed, it's the left who is now made up of a small contingent who've gone mental and a large contingent who refuse to call them out for it, but I will.
Empty is the house of a childless man; as empty is the mind of a bachelor; empty are all quarters of the world to an ignorant man; but poverty is total emptiness.
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- أبتر لا أولاد لهArabic
- bezdětnýCzech
- barnløsDanish
- kinderlosGerman
- seninfanaEsperanto
- sin hijosSpanish
- lapsetonFinnish
- sans enfantsFrench
- gyermektelenHungarian
- tanpa anakIndonesian
- senza figliItalian
- The word "childless" in Hebrew is "בלי ילדים" (pronounced: bli yeladim).Hebrew
- 子供のいないJapanese
- ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಲ್ಲದKannada
- est sine filioLatin
- bevaikisLithuanian
- kinderloosDutch
- bezdzietnyPolish
- sem filhosPortuguese
- бездетныйRussian
- utan barnSwedish
- çocuksuzTurkish
- بچہUrdu
- The Yiddish translation of "childless" is "קע אש" (keh-esh).Yiddish
- 无子女Chinese
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