loveless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking love, affection, or emotional warmth

   They endured a loveless marriage held together only by duty.

2. 2
   adj

   not receiving love or affection

   The neglected child grew up in a loveless household.

Common collocations

• loveless childhood Adjective + noun

From Middle English loveles, formed from love + -less. The suffix marks absence, yielding both the active sense 'showing no love' and the passive sense 'receiving no love.'

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