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parentlessness

parentlessness noun: the state or condition of being parentless (not having a (living) parent (i.e., a father or mother)).

Noun

parentlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being parentless (not having a (living) parent (i.e., a father or mother)).

Origin of parentlessness

From parentless + -ness.

Questions about parentlessness

What does parentlessness mean?
Parentlessness means the state or condition of being parentless (not having a (living) parent (i.e., a father or mother)).
What part of speech is parentlessness?
Parentlessness is a noun.

Words near parentlessness in the dictionary

  1. parentizes
  2. parentizing
  3. parentland
  4. parentlands
  5. parentless
  6. parentlessness
  7. parentlike
  8. parentlock
  9. parently
  10. parentness
  11. parents

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