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 These included stretches where nearby sections of the RNA could base-pair with each other, leaving an unpaired loop of RNA in between. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024 For this, the ideal atoms are ones that have unpaired electrons swarming around the nucleus in what are known as 3d orbitals. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023 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 The other records the strength of the magnetic field by detecting changes in the spin of unpaired electrons present in a vapor of alkali-metal atoms oriented by a laser beam. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for unpaired
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Adjective
  • By the mid-Seventies, Walker was working odd jobs and soon started playing with the gospel group, the Spiritual Corinthians.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • The statement that this was always the year Adams felt the team would be right near the cap strikes me as odd.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The single leans into old-school hip-hop influences, and shows the love that both musicians have for the art form.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • Instead, the only change Knoblauch made early came when switching out Josh Brown after Game 1 and inserting John Klingberg (the numbers above for the pairing are from a single game).
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 May 2025

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“Unpaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpaired. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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