parentless

/ ˈpɛərəntˌlɪs /

adjective

1. having no living parents; orphaned

Example Sentences

Seed only began exploring the true breadth and emotion of her mother’s legacy when she herself reached the age that her mom died, a milestone fraught for many grown, parentless children.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Syrians have experience in facing the tragedy of parentless children: Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Syria’s long civil war, which began in 2011, creating unknown numbers of orphans.

Read more on Washington Times

It has noted that the authorities are searching for relatives of parentless children left in Ukraine to find opportunities to send them home when possible.

Read more on Seattle Times

The Russianization of parentless Ukrainian children is part of a broader crisis of Ukrainian war orphans who are being scattered across Europe.

Read more on Washington Times

Should a parentless 16-year-old who says she knows she is not able to care for a baby be denied an abortion by a judge?

Read more on Washington Post