unmarried

[US]/ʌn'mærɪd/
[UK]/ˌʌn'mærɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not married; single.

Example Sentences

I was still unmarried then.

She left no will and was unmarried.

Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.

She disapproves of unmarried couples living together.

Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital opened in 1741 to look after the abandoned babies of unmarried mothers, attracting support from the cream of society.

Real-world Examples

Unmarried men are locked in a Darwinian race, the economists argue.

Source: The Economist - China

'I'm crying because I promised I would die unmarried.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

The burden of home-buying thus falls heavily on unmarried men.

Source: The Economist - China

He broke the law when he was born;his parents were unmarried.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Not for her the pleasures of unmarried girls.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Everyone thought he had died unmarried, but that was not true.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

And unmarried couples living together will face six months in prison.

Source: VOA Special December 2022 Collection

He writes to me regularly. He is unmarried and will never marry now.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Immediately after the ceremony, the unmarried women gather closely in a group.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

In the history of America there have only been two unmarried presidents.

Source: Listening Digest

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