unfathered
adjective
un·fa·thered
ˌən-ˈfä-t͟hərd 
1
archaic
: having no acknowledged or known father
… children he had cast upon the world, unfathered …—
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett2
archaic
: having no known origin
… his adventures were of that extraordinary nature to which … every strange, unfathered story is ascribed.—The Athenæum
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“Unfathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfathered. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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