Learn English – How to describe a person who does not want children

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I need a way to describe a woman who does not want children. She does not hate them per se, only will not have anything to do with them.

A couple of options I have gone through; a no-child female, a contra child headhunter. It is a logline for a story in which her ex-lover dies and leaves her with this unique child,

When a unique post-apocalyptic baby is born, a retired _______ becomes its guardian…

Best Answer

The common term these days is child-free:

child-free

ADJECTIVE

  1. Not having any children, especially by choice.
    ‘a child-free woman who likes to travel’
    ‘my husband and I are child-free’

For example...

Ms. Handler’s and Mr. Dyer’s desire to be childless — or child-free, as some prefer — syncs with nationwide shifts over the last several decades...

Your sentence, then, would be something like:

When a unique post-apocalyptic baby is born, a retired, child-free headhunter becomes its guardian...

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