orphaned

English

Adjective

orphaned (comparative more orphaned, superlative most orphaned)

1. Made an orphan by the death of one's parents.

   Synonyms: disparented, parentless, unparented

2. Abandoned.

   Synonyms: dropped, forsaken; see also Thesaurus:abandoned

   I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.

Derived terms

• deorphaned
• nonorphaned
• orphaned negative
• orphaned tsunami
• orphaned work
• unorphaned

Verb

orphaned

1. simple past and past participle of orphan

Anagrams

• handrope, harped on