as in odd
being one of a pair or set without a corresponding mate found an unpaired shoe in the back of the closet

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Recent Examples of unpaired Free radicals are molecules with unpaired electrons. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024 Ginger's antioxidants can help neutralize harmful free radicals, which are molecules with at least one set of unpaired electrons. Johna Burdeos, Health, 2 July 2024 Additionally, the agency cited 39 incidents of safe owners reporting the product had been accessed by unpaired fingerprints. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023 This leads to a phenomenon known as magnetization precession, which occurs when atoms with unpaired electron spins are placed in a magnetic field and rotate around the magnetic field at a precise frequency. IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for unpaired
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  • The scams are odd — but fraudsters can sound incredibly convincing.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Florida fans can point to a pair of other odd, momentum-killing moments.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
  • However, this is still a group that lacks even a single true top-pair defenseman.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Unpaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpaired. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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