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
Being unmarried, not working, having depression and poor health were primary reasons why loneliness varied with age.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
The study, conducted last March, noted that unmarried individuals are increasingly willing to have kids.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
The Bon Secours home was one of many such institutions in Ireland where unmarried pregnant women were sent to give birth in secret.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 18 June 2025
The homes housed unmarried pregnant women as well as tens of thousands of orphans, according to The Associated Press.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
The study, conducted last March, noted that unmarried individuals are increasingly willing to have kids.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
The Bon Secours home was one of many such institutions in Ireland where unmarried pregnant women were sent to give birth in secret.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 18 June 2025
The homes housed unmarried pregnant women as well as tens of thousands of orphans, according to The Associated Press.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
Adjective
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Support individual stems with single bamboo stakes; multiple stems may benefit from a grow-through grid or tomato cage.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Machado began the bottom of the sixth with a single grounded through the middle of the infield on the first pitch of his at-bat.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Ted Bundy, the author’s main case study, was born in 1946 to an unwed mother with uncertain paternity and raised in the Skyline neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, as leaded-gas fumes wafted through the streets.—
Sarah Weinman,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2025
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Irish officials have begun excavating the grounds of a former home for unwed mothers which authorities say contains the remains of around 800 babies and young children who died there.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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