unmarried
Britishadjective
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not married
an unmarried mother
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films denoting a print of a cinematograph film in which the picture and sound recordings are on separate reels
Example Sentences
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Vik Fielder's unmarried 18-year-old mother "desperately" tried to keep her baby after giving birth in 1971.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Like your son, more unmarried couples will face decisions about how and when to mingle their finances.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
The unmarried 26-year-old runs a clothes shop in the city of Karaj, northwest of Tehran, where he was detained, Shekhi said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
In financial services, insurers and fintech firms are designing policies tailored to unmarried customers who lack spousal safety nets.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
He was an unmarried professor of physics at Yale.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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