Parentless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no (living) parent. not-comparable

    "Firstly, then, who were these parentless children who seem to have been present in a sizeable proportion of households..."

  2. 2
    Having no parent in a data structure. not-comparable

    "The top-level window is parentless and forms the root of the hierarchy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bereavedbereftdeprivedfatherlessmotherlessorphan

Example

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"Firstly, then, who were these parentless children who seem to have been present in a sizeable proportion of households..."

Etymology

From parent + -less.

Related phrases

data structurehalf orphan

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