childless
/ˈtʃaɪldləs/adjective
उच्चारण चाइल्ड्लस
निःसंतान, संतानहीन
Core word
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having no children
निःसंतान, संतानहीन
- The childless couple adopted a baby girl.
- They remained childless for many years.
- The childless woman treated her nephews like her own sons.
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- A childless couple lived in the house next door.
- He was childless and left his property to a school.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
childless + noun
Childless is an adjective placed before a noun, usually couple, woman or marriage, to say that there are no children.
'Childless' विशेषण है जो संज्ञा से पहले, प्रायः couple, woman या marriage के साथ, यह बताता है कि संतान नहीं है।
- The childless couple adopted a boy from the orphanage.
- She spent her life as a childless widow.
be / remain childless
After be, remain or stay, childless tells us the person has no children.
be, remain या stay के बाद 'childless' बताता है कि व्यक्ति की कोई संतान नहीं है।
- They remained childless by choice.
- He died childless, and his nephew inherited the house.
childless by choice / by circumstance
Add by choice or by circumstance to show whether the situation was decided or forced.
यह बताने के लिए कि स्थिति स्वेच्छा से है या मजबूरी से, by choice या by circumstance जोड़ा जाता है।
- Many modern couples are childless by choice.
the childless
The childless can be used as a plural noun phrase for people without children.
'The childless' बिना संतान वाले लोगों के लिए बहुवचन संज्ञा-वाक्यांश के रूप में प्रयुक्त हो सकता है।
- The law allows the childless to adopt a child.
+Collocations 4
childless + noun
couplemarriagewidowkingwoman
- The childless king looked for an heir.
verb + childless
remaindiestaybe leftlive
- The old landlord died childless.
adverb + childless
voluntarilypermanentlystillsadlyhappily
- They are happily childless.
adopt / support
adopt a childseek treatmentface pressurestart a trust
- Childless couples often face pressure from relatives.
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- The childless widow left her land to a school.
निःसंतान विधवा ने अपनी ज़मीन एक स्कूल को दे दी।
- Radhika's neighbours were childless for many years before they adopted a girl.
राधिका के पड़ोसी कई वर्षों तक निःसंतान रहे, फिर उन्होंने एक बच्ची गोद ली।
- In many stories, a childless king prays to the gods for a son.
कई कहानियों में निःसंतान राजा देवताओं से पुत्र की प्रार्थना करता है।
- Being childless does not make a family any less complete.
निःसंतान होने से परिवार कम पूर्ण नहीं हो जाता।
- The pension scheme includes special rules for childless widows.
पेंशन योजना में निःसंतान विधवाओं के लिए विशेष प्रावधान हैं।
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✗ The couple is childless since ten years.
✓ The couple has been childless for ten years.
Use the present perfect with for for a period; since is used with a point in time.
अवधि के लिए present perfect और for का प्रयोग होता है; since समय-बिंदु के साथ आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives describe the absence of children or a related loss, and each has its own tone.
ये विशेषण संतान के न होने या संबंधित हानि का वर्णन करते हैं, और हर एक का अपना स्वर है।
issueless
A legal or old-fashioned word for having no children.
कानूनी या पुराने ढंग का शब्द, संतानहीन के लिए।
- The nawab died issueless.
Having lost both parents, the opposite situation of a child.
जिसने माता-पिता दोनों को खो दिया हो; यह बच्चे की स्थिति है।
- The orphaned girl lived with her aunt.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Do not confuse childless (having no children) and childish (behaving in a silly way, like a child).
Childless (निःसंतान) और childish (बच्चों जैसा मूर्खतापूर्ण व्यवहार करने वाला) में भ्रमित न हों।