unmarried
adjective
un·mar·ried
ˌən-ˈmer-ēd 
-ˈma-rēd
: not married:
a
: not now or previously married
b
: being divorced or widowed
unmarried
noun
Examples of unmarried in a Sentence
an unmarried couple who are living together
a girl who swore she'd remain unmarried for her whole life
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The share of prime-age adults (25 to 55) who were married fell from 83 percent in 1960 to 57 percent in 2010, according to census data, and the share of children born to unmarried parents rose from 5 to 41 percent.
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Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
About 40% of all births are to unmarried women, according to the U.S. Census, which is double the rate from 40 years ago.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 25 July 2025
Wills and estate papers, inheritance disputes, and paternity cases for babies born to unmarried mothers were just some of the ways that family histories populated court records.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2025
Names, dates, positions; her friends, his friends, her own first cousin, Ceil, long dead now, from cancer of the breast—beautiful, neurotic, unmarried Ceil had schtupped her Walter!
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
About 40% of all births are to unmarried women, according to the U.S. Census, which is double the rate from 40 years ago.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 25 July 2025
Wills and estate papers, inheritance disputes, and paternity cases for babies born to unmarried mothers were just some of the ways that family histories populated court records.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2025
Names, dates, positions; her friends, his friends, her own first cousin, Ceil, long dead now, from cancer of the breast—beautiful, neurotic, unmarried Ceil had schtupped her Walter!
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unmarried
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmarried. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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unmarried
adjective
un·mar·ried
ˌən-ˈmar-ēd
: not married:
a
: not now or previously married
b
: being divorced or widowed
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