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parentally challenged

parentally challenged adjective: lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.

Adjective

parentally challenged (comparative more parentally challenged, superlative most parentally challenged)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.

Forms of parentally challenged

comparativemore parentally challenged
superlativemost parentally challenged

Origin of parentally challenged

An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.

Questions about parentally challenged

What does parentally challenged mean?
Parentally challenged means lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.
What part of speech is parentally challenged?
Parentally challenged is an adjective.

Words near parentally challenged in the dictionary

  1. parental units
  2. Parentalia
  3. parentalism
  4. parentality
  5. parentally
  6. parentally challenged
  7. parentals
  8. parentation
  9. parentations
  10. parentcraft
  11. parentdom

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