unmarried

A2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/ UK /ʌnˈmæɹ.id/
adj noun Freq #13827

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not married or related to the unmarried state

    Unmarried men and women.

  2. 2
    adj

    Having no husband or wife.

    Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.

  3. 3
    noun

    An unmarried person.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not married or related to... single
2 adj · having no husband or wife. singleunhitchedunspousedunwed

Etymology

From un- + married.

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