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
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
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Tim Slack, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
For an individual applicant or corporate sponsor looking to sponsor a spouse or unmarried children under the age of 21, they'd be required to pay an additional $15,000 DHS processing fee and $1 million gift per person, according to the site, which accepts the fees online.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
The neighborhoods that Central Hillsborough Healthy Start serves include many young, Black, unmarried, low-income families that are eligible for Medicaid.
—Faye Taxman, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
And while being married isn’t an official essential, it may well be considered one, given that America hasn’t elected an unmarried president since 1884.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
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Tim Slack, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
For an individual applicant or corporate sponsor looking to sponsor a spouse or unmarried children under the age of 21, they'd be required to pay an additional $15,000 DHS processing fee and $1 million gift per person, according to the site, which accepts the fees online.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
The neighborhoods that Central Hillsborough Healthy Start serves include many young, Black, unmarried, low-income families that are eligible for Medicaid.
—Faye Taxman, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
And while being married isn’t an official essential, it may well be considered one, given that America hasn’t elected an unmarried president since 1884.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
Adjective
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According to another shopper, the battery lasts long enough to clean their entire apartment in one single charge.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Cosmic said the Santa Rosa home is the first single-family home being built using its AI technology.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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She’s achieved motherhood, although of the unwed mother variety.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The line was a reference to Bristol, who at the time was an unwed mother.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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