as in unmarried
not married
most of the employees at that small company are unwed
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwed
unmarried
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Listening to these women fawn all over Julia for carrying the laird’s child, for carrying a future king, listening to them excuse away Julia being unmarried, all of it makes Davina blow a fuse.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Unwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwed. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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