Definition of "parentless" [par•ent•less]

• Having no (living) parent. (adjective)

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• "In the interview, he even says it'd be better for the children to remain parentless rather than have two Mommies (or two Daddies)."
• "I think the inclusion of Jack's father was mainly just an excuse to have Keith Richards do a cameo; otherwise I belive thhey would have left the characters "parentless" in the sense of they don't figure in the story at all."
• "But despite the abusive and threatening phone calls she received Ms Francis last night took her claims further, likening what she calls this new "parentless" generation to the Stolen"