orphaned
/AO1 R F AH0 N D/verb
- 1
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
โWhat do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?โ
- 2
To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
โRemoving categories orphans pages from the main category tree.โ
adjective
- 1
Abandoned.
โI found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.โ
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orphan, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orphaned