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
Men from the houses eventually adopted a parallel tradition in honor of St. Nicholas, another patron saint of many, including those looking to wed, who once purportedly paid the dowries for three unmarried sisters by secretly tossing gold into their father’s home.
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Jessica Testa, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: The rates drop when measured by the metro area — Denver, Aurora and Lakewood — with the unmarried rate reaching 49% regionally, a much closer figure to Colorado's overall rate of 48%.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The parents of this infant are poor, young, and unmarried.
—Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Usually, elders hand these envelopes to young, unmarried family members as a token of good luck in exchange for well-wishes.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Testa, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: The rates drop when measured by the metro area — Denver, Aurora and Lakewood — with the unmarried rate reaching 49% regionally, a much closer figure to Colorado's overall rate of 48%.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The parents of this infant are poor, young, and unmarried.
—Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Usually, elders hand these envelopes to young, unmarried family members as a token of good luck in exchange for well-wishes.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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