as in single
not married
a girl who swore she'd remain unmarried for her whole life
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Recent Examples of unmarried
What To Know James, who was born in Brooklyn and is unmarried, filed the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Organization in October 2023.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Half the adults in the U.S. are unmarried, and half of them aren’t seeking a relationship.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
As most times the employees who are being forced to work overtime or beyond working hours are mostly unmarried and those with limited family responsibilities.
—Raul Handa, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
According to Huppert’s adoption records, her biological parents were young and unmarried with families who did not support their relationship when she was put up for adoption.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Half the adults in the U.S. are unmarried, and half of them aren’t seeking a relationship.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
As most times the employees who are being forced to work overtime or beyond working hours are mostly unmarried and those with limited family responsibilities.
—Raul Handa, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
According to Huppert’s adoption records, her biological parents were young and unmarried with families who did not support their relationship when she was put up for adoption.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
Adjective
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Packages valued at up to $800 can no longer bypass customs duty and instead have been slapped with higher duties and single package flat costs.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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For a team usually fizzing with creative attacking ideas, their reliance on a single goalscorer, along with a late addition to the team and an unusually clinical finisher from the edge of the box, is not the spread of goal-scoring responsibility we are used to seeing.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The unwed mother had made the painful decision to allow her child to be adopted.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
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Roman was born in 1942 in a home for unwed mothers and was dropped off at a Dallas orphanage as a child.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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