unmarried

/ ʌnˈmærɪd /

adjective

1. not married

   an unmarried mother

2. films denoting a print of a cinematograph film in which the picture and sound recordings are on separate reels

Example Sentences

To qualify, you must have been married for at least 10 years and be unmarried at the time of your application for spousal benefits.

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And Ibrahim, an unmarried psychologist, is achingly lonely: “Murders are all well and good, but who does he have?”

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It is legal for an unmarried person to gift or otherwise transfer wealth to their partner for them to buy a property in their own name and doing so does not incur stamp duty.

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Experts have negotiated access to thousands of records from institutions for unmarried mothers in Northern Ireland.

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The exhumations will be carried out at the site of an institution for unmarried mothers, which operated between 1925 and 1961.

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Related Words

• eligible 
• widowed