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
Research using the National Violent Death Reporting System found that state-level enforcement of the policy was associated with reductions in intimate partner homicide among unmarried white victims, but not among victims of color.
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Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Prince Crandall began her career in 1959 at Pacific Airlines, and back then, some airlines enforced policies requiring flight attendants to remain unmarried and to retire at age 32.
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Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Letter writer names the cost of the ticket, new outfit and babysitter, but unmarried friend has other accounting in mind.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
Has Texas ever elected an unmarried man for senator?
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unmarried
Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Prince Crandall began her career in 1959 at Pacific Airlines, and back then, some airlines enforced policies requiring flight attendants to remain unmarried and to retire at age 32.
—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Letter writer names the cost of the ticket, new outfit and babysitter, but unmarried friend has other accounting in mind.
—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
Has Texas ever elected an unmarried man for senator?
—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unmarried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
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Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
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Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom's fifth-inning single.
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Social media profiles indicate that he was unwed at the time of his death and did not have any children.
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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.
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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