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
Alas, hope has arrived in the form of a rich, unmarried man, as Charles Bingley and his company have just moved in to Netherfield Park.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Here are the unmarried, who used to be marginal.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Sometimes an unmarried partner needs legal support to get their name on the baby’s birth certificate and some families need grief support, or baby sleep training, or even just babysitting.
—Amy Eskind, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
At the same time, the share of unmarried Americans who belong to a religious congregation has fallen well below that of married Americans.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Here are the unmarried, who used to be marginal.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Sometimes an unmarried partner needs legal support to get their name on the baby’s birth certificate and some families need grief support, or baby sleep training, or even just babysitting.
—Amy Eskind, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
At the same time, the share of unmarried Americans who belong to a religious congregation has fallen well below that of married Americans.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
Adjective
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Upon arrival, officers located a person with a single gunshot wound.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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By the time Yohel Pozo hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning, the Lumberjacks had other fans — and even the mascot Fredbird — joining in on the ruckus.—
Warren Mayes,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Clark-Flory’s was a memoir, My Mother’s Daughter, about a DNA test connecting her with her sister, who her mom placed for adoption as a teenager at a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Born in 1941 to an unwed teenage mother in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson turned heads early with his fierce drive and athletic ability.—
Mark Whitaker,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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