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childless

ADJECTIVE

barren

Synonyms

STRONGEST

infertile

WEAK

infecund sterile unfruitful

Example Sentences

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Also read: We’re in our 70s and childless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

British columnist Zoe Williams wondered in The Guardian how she would feel to receive such a letter from "childless" President Emmanuel Macron.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Anxious to preserve the familial line—and their power—emperors would arrange strategic marriages or, if childless, adopt an heir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Over two months of filming in Atwater Village and Silver Lake, we were portrayed as a carefree, childless couple.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Sirius was the very last of the line as his younger brother, Regulus, predeceased him and both were childless.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling