1
: not married
an unwed mother
unwed couples
2
: of or relating to unmarried persons
an unwed pregnancy
Examples of unwed in a Sentence
most of the employees at that small company are unwed
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Ted Bundy, the author’s main case study, was born in 1946 to an unwed mother with uncertain paternity and raised in the Skyline neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, as leaded-gas fumes wafted through the streets.
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Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
Irish officials have begun excavating the grounds of a former home for unwed mothers which authorities say contains the remains of around 800 babies and young children who died there.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
The unwed mother had made the painful decision to allow her child to be adopted.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Roman was born in 1942 in a home for unwed mothers and was dropped off at a Dallas orphanage as a child.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
Irish officials have begun excavating the grounds of a former home for unwed mothers which authorities say contains the remains of around 800 babies and young children who died there.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
The unwed mother had made the painful decision to allow her child to be adopted.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Roman was born in 1942 in a home for unwed mothers and was dropped off at a Dallas orphanage as a child.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwed
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“Unwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwed. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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