What does orphaned mean?
Orphaned means Made an orphan by the death of one's parents..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Made an orphan by the death of one's parents..
I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.
Use orphaned when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Orphaned means Made an orphan by the death of one's parents..
Common synonyms include disparented, parentless, unparented, dropped.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.
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