Definitions
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- adjective of a person or couple Having no
children , especially as a matter ofchoice
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Examples
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Still, I'm not ready to move on to what's blithely called "child-free" living.
My Fertility Crisis Holly Finn 2011
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Others, upon consideration, are secure and still satisfied with their earlier choice to remain childless, or what many in that category prefer to call child-free.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Donna Henes 2011
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The other standout of the trip was Venice's Gjelina during a child-free dinner with great friends Ole and Tonje.
Ondine Cohane: Foodie Time in Los Angeles Ondine Cohane 2011
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I am 34 and LOVE the child-free, sanitized, silent world.
Children should be seen and not heard, I guess. « A Bird’s Nest 2009
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The other standout of the trip was Venice's Gjelina during a child-free dinner with great friends Ole and Tonje.
Ondine Cohane: Foodie Time in Los Angeles Ondine Cohane 2011
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Or “for me” I should say – makes sense for other people, but as one who thought she would be “child-free” (without the annoying politics) I simply cannot imagine * choosing* to have a child, even after I technically chose to keep Henry (when abortion would have been a difficult but altogether doable option for me).
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If people want to live in a child-free, sanitized, silent world, they can buy themselves a desert island or go live in an active adult community.
Children should be seen and not heard, I guess. « A Bird’s Nest 2009
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To these people I am extremely grateful, particularly professional women in their 40s who are child-free and unafraid to face life's challenges, and unflinchingly give back where they can.
Deborah Smith: Faced With a Dilemma Deborah Smith 2011
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Coming back from a child-free brunch at our favourite cafe earlier today, A asked me if I regretted his getting a vasectomy.
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To these people I am extremely grateful, particularly professional women in their 40s who are child-free and unafraid to face life's challenges, and unflinchingly give back where they can.
Deborah Smith: Faced With a Dilemma Deborah Smith 2011
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