orphan
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- noun
- /ˈɔrfən/
:
huérfano
- The charity focuses on providing education and support to orphans around the world.
- orphan works
- orphan works problem
So they put that pain in to make us now we're the orphans of capitalism to make us be consumers.
- So they put that pain in to make us now we're the orphans of capitalism to make us be consumers.
- So that that book just became kind of like an orphan being out there, right, Meaning nothing.
- So that's when I started doing art shows of what I always thought of as orphan artworks which didn't find a home on clothes.
- And it was just a kind of a orphan project.
- And she kind of always wrestled with her faith and having a a rough time, you know, guys, orphan spirit like that, like the whole the whole gamut.
- And the point of orphan language is that what the language is talking about is things that exist in the world or things that we can imagine and construct.
- So you can have a martyr lover, you can have the orphan scientist, etcetera.
Examples
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After the disaster, the number of orphans rose dramatically, leaving many in need of care.
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All of us in Black Ganymede were orphans.
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I felt a sinking feeling, like an orphan with nowhere to turn.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, what would the orphans do without you?
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And orphans have special needs.
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When you're an orphan, you look in the eyes of strangers for clues.
Fiction book (1997) -
And that's just one of countless orphans out there now.
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Mel and Olivia stood outside the gate, peering inside like orphans in a welfare line.
Fiction book (2001) -
You can see the number of orphans due to non AIDS is actually decreasing because the number one reason for a child to be orphaned is HIV.
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Many children in that region are orphans who need a loving home.
Compounds
- Specialized
A place polluted by toxic waste with no person or company responsible for cleaning it
How Cared For
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orphan comes from Greek orphanos 'without parents' and is used for any person or thing 'left without support', for example a project or system with no one to look after it.