childless

Many childless couples adopt children.

fertility treatment can seem like a lifeline to childless couples.

The typical family may remain childless and consist only of a man and a woman.

if he dies childless he is to make over his share of the estate to his brother.

And Henry-wifeless, childless, jobless-never had to tussle with such details as variable-rate mortgages.

"These families may raise children as their chief occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job."