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
The story begins at Longbourn, where the Bennet family’s five unmarried daughters navigate the rigid expectations of Regency society.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Mary Bennet Finally Gets Her Own Story The series begins at Longbourn, where the Bennet family’s five unmarried daughters navigate the rigid expectations of Regency society.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Old maid, too, though that’s kind of mean toward unmarried women.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Immigration law defines a child as anyone who is under 21 years old and unmarried.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Mary Bennet Finally Gets Her Own Story The series begins at Longbourn, where the Bennet family’s five unmarried daughters navigate the rigid expectations of Regency society.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Old maid, too, though that’s kind of mean toward unmarried women.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Immigration law defines a child as anyone who is under 21 years old and unmarried.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmarried
Adjective
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Jack grew up in an impoverished single-parent household and David is from a wealthy Texan family.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Simpson scored on Diaz’s eighth-inning single and the game’s game-winning run, proving costly for a Yankees squad now facing a series sweep on Sunday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Born in 1941 to an unwed teenage mother in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson turned heads early with his fierce drive and athletic ability.—
Mark Whitaker,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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