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UNPARENTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unparented mean?
• UNPARENTED (adjective)
The adjective UNPARENTED has 1 sense:
1. having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
Familiarity information: UNPARENTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
Synonyms:
parentless; unparented
Similar:
orphaned (deprived of parents by death or desertion)
fatherless (having no living father)
motherless (having no living or known mother)
Antonym:
parented (having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates)
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