unˈparented, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and un-2 8.]
1. Deprived of the status of a parent.
| 1650 B. Discolliminium 38 Our Politicall Parents..are now unparented or civilly dead. |
2. Deprived or destitute of a parent or parents.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. xii. 295 Orphan is un-parented. 1885 American X. 333 The unparented suggestion that each newcomer should add a stone to the growing pile. 1897 Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 225 A family of five children, three brothers and two sisters, unparented. |