Might mean (unverified): Lack of typical paternal qualities.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (unfatherliness)

▸ noun:  The state or condition of being unfatherly.

Similar:
fatherlessness, parentlessness, familylessness, unwifeliness, unfedness, unlovedness, unfeelingness, motherlessness, furlessness, unaffection, more...

Opposite:
paternal, fatherly, nurturing

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Similar:
fatherlessness, parentlessness, familylessness, unwifeliness, unfedness, unlovedness, unfeelingness, motherlessness, furlessness, unaffection, more...

Opposite:
paternal, fatherly, nurturing



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