Noun : The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : an orphan home. ,an orphan research project. ,orphan workers.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He was orphaned at the age of four. ,The recession has orphaned many experienced workers.    From Dictionary.com. 

Stroppy Author on How orphaned is an orphaned work?.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Tidbits for 2/4/10] Reference

“Are you not the man they called Kingmaker, who took in orphaned princes and raised them to claim —”.    From Wordnik.com.  [GROWN FROM MAN TO DRAGON • by Megan Arkenberg] Reference

For years after the market has abandoned a failed standard, it still exists in orphaned products hoping for eventual resurrection.    From Wordnik.com.  [UWB Meltdown Continues, WiMedia Alliance Disbands] Reference

Derivatives shell-game leaves mortgages "orphaned" -- stop paying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Forever, meanwhile, is an extraordinarily long time — we’d be drowning in orphaned works.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Copyright Forever] Reference

Many an excellent book has been "orphaned" this way.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would it Be?] Reference

This is welded to a number of what appear to be 'orphaned' storylines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magicians by Lev Grossman] Reference

When you use the word 'orphaned' it makes me feel a kind of pity for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace In Small Things: Part 12 of 365] Reference

Potter said, about one radioactive device a day was "orphaned" or lost track of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I am the author of some technically 'orphaned' works, but I am definitely alive and traceable.    From Wordnik.com.  [How orphaned is an orphaned work?] Reference

Then our editor left Simon and Schuster and the series got "orphaned," as we say in publishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview & Giveaway: Author Nancy Holder *~* This giveaway portion is now closed ~*~] Reference

Ever since General Motors shut down Oldsmobile, owners of the "orphaned" cars have formed networks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demand Helps Used Cars Hold Value] Reference

This network creates a real possibility of returning "orphaned" family items back to their rightful owners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

Worryingly, there are still about 400,000 'orphaned' and supposedly sealed oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum] Reference

A well is considered "orphaned" when the operator hasn't responded to compliance orders or has filed for bankruptcy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain] Reference

During the 10 years prior to this Act, there were, shockingly, only 10 products developed for these many "orphaned" diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Luce: "Rare Diseases" Increasingly Common, Not Rare for Afflicted] Reference

While progress is being made on many fronts, the Times reports a downside to project: the "orphaned" stores of Second Avenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good News For Commuters, Bad News For Second Avenue Stores] Reference

Previous studies have also shown that some tests are "orphaned" without either the physician or patient ever being aware of the results.    From Wordnik.com.  [No news is not always good news] Reference

· Orphans feature to find and remove "orphaned" files.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

The part file instantiated from one of those rows will be "orphaned".    From Wordnik.com.  [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference

One good rule for articles is to try to avoid having them "orphaned".    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The losers are the ones who buyin too early and get their products "orphaned".    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

How can Internet-based authors work to avoid having their work becoming "orphaned"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Blog Herald] Reference

An astonishing proportion of 50-year-old music is "orphaned", with no visible owner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

And as ABWF points out, several military blogs have become 'orphaned' over the years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milblogging.com : The World's Largest Index of Military Blogs (Milblogs)] Reference

Please do After you delete the post check the 'orphaned' attachments and remove if needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [phpBB.com] Reference

The Company specialises in identifying and developing under-exploited or "orphaned" assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

The Company specialises in identifying and developing under-exploited or "orphaned" or assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

In smaller cities, owners are selling properties that have been "orphaned" as commercial centres shifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Upon graduation in August 2011, she hopes to open a clinic to ease the problem of "orphaned" patients in town.    From Wordnik.com.  [SIMCOE - Home] Reference

Students who might have otherwise felt "orphaned" on West Campus can now consider Kilgo Quadrangle for their new home­.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chronicle] Reference

But given its manpower limitations, radioactive material does get 'orphaned', eventually finding its way to the scrap market.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

If you don't know what 'orphaned' means, technically it means the blog is still online, but the author no longer maintains the site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milblogging.com : The World's Largest Index of Military Blogs (Milblogs)] Reference

According to my U.S. senators, they care deeply about the children in Haiti and support the expedited removal of "orphaned" children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resist racism] Reference

Inventory management is more difficult and utilization rates suffer from "orphaned" or overprovisioned VMs -- both signs of VM sprawl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest from Computerworld] Reference

About: rpmorphan finds "orphaned" RPM packages on your system (packages which have no other packages depending on their installation).    From Wordnik.com.  [freshmeat.net Releases] Reference

Dr. Carl Jung, the world-renowned psychiatrist, poignantly described the devastating effects of pain as feeling "orphaned" by our pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Island Packet: Home] Reference

'orphaned' fields, led to the formation this year of Centrica Energy Upstream, which is based in Aberdeen.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference