parentless
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈpɛrənləs/
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huérfano
- Take a look at some of the photos of the death marches and the starving orphans left parentless.
- parentless children
- parentless kids
- leave children parentless
Examples
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Many parentless children struggle to find a sense of belonging and support.
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It is technically a YA, but the two main characters are essentially parentless in the book and dealing with issues that I think adults could relate to.
Blog text (32) -
In fact, volunteering at this home where more than 100 parentless children live is the reason I went to India in the first place, back in 2005.
Blog text (8) -
All except the Methodists operated residential schools, but these Protestant denominations did not care for most parentless children.
Academic text (2010) -
Helping parents rise out of extreme poverty in order to keep their children, responding to Haiti's orphan crisis and the needs of parentless children, and making the needs of Haiti apparent to potential helpers through media and the arts.
Blog text (11) -
When she builds a monument, a home for parentless children, in her husband's name, she constructs what might be called a church in the name of the (absent) Father, a place that will offer shelter to orphans and absolution to her.
Academic text (1997) -
The school organized a special event to raise awareness about parentless youth in the community.
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In the aftermath of the disaster, numerous families were left parentless, prompting local organizations to offer assistance.
Synonyms
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3.5
A child or young animal without parents and with no one to care for them
A child who has no adult to care for them
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Parentless comes from parent and the ending -less, where -less means 'without' and you can see it in words like hopeless and careless. So parentless means 'without parents', which is why we use it for a child who has no living parents or no parent care.