childless
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childless
Where it comes from
From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less.
adjective
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Not having any children.
I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?
Similar: babyless, childrenless, kidless, offspringless
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: barren, unfruitful, sterile, infertile, fruitless, childfree, seedless, agenesic, unprolific, nulliparous, issueless, nonparent, nonfertile, unproductive, childrenless, kidless
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adj not having any children — see also child-free
| Español | sin hijos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자녀가 없다 janyeo-ga eopda, 자녀가 없는 janyeo-ga eomneun, 아이가 없다 ai-ga eopda, 아이가 없는 ai-ga eomneun |
| 日本語 | 子無し konashi |
| 中文 | 沒有兒女的 /没有儿女的 méiyǒu érnǚ de, 無子女的 /无子女的 wúzǐnǚ de, 無兒無女的 /无儿无女的 wú'érwúnǚ de |
| हिन्दी | संतानहीन santānhīn |
| Kiswahili | gumba |
| Português | sem filhos |
| Français | sans enfants |
| Deutsch | kinderlos |
| Русский | безде́тный bezdétnyj |
| العربية | أَبْتَر ʔabtar |
Talk about this word "childless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/childless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. childless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/childless "childless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/childless.Cite this
@misc{childless_2026,
title = {childless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/childless},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
