Meaning of step-child | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Bridal Week is usually regulated to red-headed step-child status in the fashion world—and rightfully so. All those shiny white dresses start⟳ to look⟳ hypnotically similar, and what the designers lack in creativity, they make⟳ up for in rhinestones.”

“I just think⟳ in this climate and this environment, you should keep⟳ the status quo. You’re sending a message to drafted players: you are major league baseball’s step-child.”

“It is possible to know⟳ that genes are not the essence of what it is to be part of a family—that step-children can be loved unconditionally, that people may bear⟳ scant, if any, resemblance to their genetic forebears—and still struggle⟳ to adjust to what can feel⟳ like⟳ a loss of parental identity.”

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