stepchild
IPA: stˈɛptʃaɪɫd
noun
- The child of one's spouse but not one's own.
- (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
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Examples of "stepchild" in Sentences
- I'm the red headed stepchild now.
- A child includes a stepchild or an adopted child.
- She is married with two children and a stepchild.
- Making Norway a stepchild of Sweden is not the way to go.
- In this way, superhero fiction is a stepchild of pulp fiction.
- After all, Amtrak has always been treated like an unwanted stepchild.
- It is exactly why metallic bonding is such a stepchild of chemistry....
- Authorities disagree about the etymology of 'stepchild' and related terms.
- I too am a "stepchild" and learned from my aunt that I was not part of her family in a similar way.
- A: Unless a stepchild is a beneficiary named in a will, he or she does not inherit any of a stepparent's property.
- If the stepson/stepdaughter of the household has been legally adopted by the householder, the child is still classified as a stepchild.
- If the stepson/stepdaughter of the householder has been legally adopted by the householder, the child is still classified as a stepchild.
- The Bush administration, as a whole, he said, did not seem to care enough about natural disasters and had relegated natural disasters to a "stepchild" of national security.
- Philadelphia's Sheldon Brown has always felt like the red headed stepchild, which is why story, Brown said his agent, Jason Chayut had been told to deal with Andrew Brandt, hired temporarily by the Eagles this offseason to deal with salary-cap matters.
- And very briefly Hagar explained to her what she knew, saying that Hester had told her of two young children, but she had forgotten entirely of their existence, and now that she was reminded of it she could not help fancying that Hester said the stepchild was a boy.
- 'Stepchild' reputation Tomaro Bell, who represents the MacGregor neighborhood and serves as vice president of the Super Neighborhood Alliance that brings together community leaders from across the city, also used the phrase "stepchild" in describing Inspections and Public Service.
- Encountering bomb threats, vicious protest signs and chants, Lady Bird Johnson made the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the centerpiece of her stump speech as she made a whistlestop tour of southern states during LBJ's campaign that year, declaring that racism hurt not only blacks but whites and that without full integration, the South would always be seen as a "stepchild" by the rest of the nation.