Usually means: Not exhibiting typical maternal qualities.
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  1. unmotherly: Merriam-Webster
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▸ adjective:  Not motherly; unmaternal.

Similar:
unfatherly, unmaternal, unmatronlike, unmothered, ungrandmotherly, nonmaternal, undaughterly, nonmaternity, unwomanly, unfatherlike, more...

Opposite:
maternal, motherly, nurturing

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Similar:
unfatherly, unmaternal, unmatronlike, unmothered, ungrandmotherly, nonmaternal, undaughterly, nonmaternity, unwomanly, unfatherlike, more...

Opposite:
maternal, motherly, nurturing



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