orphaned
English
Adjective
orphaned (comparative more orphaned, superlative most orphaned)
- Made an orphan by the death of one's parents.
- Synonyms: disparented, parentless, unparented
- 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
Verb
orphaned
- simple past and past participle of orphan