1. having lost both parents through death
2. abandoned or left without support or care
Usage: figurative

1. past tense and past participle of orphan; made an orphan

Examples

• The orphaned children were taken in by their grandmother.
• Many animals were orphaned during the forest fire.
• The war orphaned thousands of young people.
• She felt orphaned after her mentor retired.
• The orphaned project was eventually canceled.
• He was orphaned at age seven and raised by his uncle.