Parentless
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Having no parent in a data structure. not-comparable
"The top-level window is parentless and forms the root of the hierarchy."
Adjective
- 1 having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Firstly, then, who were these parentless children who seem to have been present in a sizeable proportion of households..."
Etymology
From parent + -less.