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# motherless

adjective

«motherless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Motherless means having no living mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a child with no mother is often treated unkindly or sent to be cared for by others; the word shows pity for the child

### Examples

- The motherless child was given to the care of Hermes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x1)
- The little motherless girl was often treated unkindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x2)
- Many fairy tales begin with a motherless prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes a child, not a number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «motherless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«motherless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/motherless.html) on Mova free.