English words for 'Lack of an heir.'
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- (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
- The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
- (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.
- (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis.
- suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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- not bearing offspring
- completely wanting or lacking
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
- (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
- (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- (with of) Devoid, lacking.
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- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
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- (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
- The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
- (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.
- (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis.
- suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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adj
- not bearing offspring
- completely wanting or lacking
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
- (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
- (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- (with of) Devoid, lacking.
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- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.