unsuckled

Denied mother's milk

Unsuckled means not having been nursed or breastfed.

The word typically describes young mammals denied their mother's milk: The unsuckled calf grew weak.

Figuratively, it suggests being deprived of early nourishment or nurturing: unsuckled by affection, he grew cold.

sensename

weaned

Withdrawn from dependence

neglected · abandoned · orphaned · motherless · hungry · deprived · unnourished · famished · unweaned · newborn

agricultural

calf

Juvenile cow or leg part

kid · livestock · weaning · rearing · hand-raised · rejected · ewe · dam · fostering · bummer

literary

innocent

Free from moral wrong

uncorrupted · virginal · naive · unspoiled · pristine · untouched · raw · primal · vulnerable · helpless

Opposites
nursing status

unsuckledsuckled

Fed from the breast

nursed · nourished · weaned · nurtured · breastfed

Family

suck, nurture, nursery, nursed, succulent, suction, suckle, nurseries, suckling

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG