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Recent Examples of unwed In a society that shunned unwed mothers, some women were pressured to give up their infants soon after giving birth. Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025 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. 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 Entertainment & Arts ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’ singer Lee Greenwood recalls many inaugurations -- and singing for Donald Trump Jan. 20, 2017 She was born Bertha Louise Hable in Dallas in 1946 at a home for unwed mothers, given up for adoption and raised in an orphanage. Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwed
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unmarried
Adjective
  • Those deeds, however, are based on kinship ties, posing a problem for 38-year-old Star (Sarah Karei), an unmarried woman whose parentage is unknown.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, Ruth learns of their engagement only when Alan approaches her and speaks to her unbidden, something that does not happen between unmarried men and women on the Dorf.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Unwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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