Unmarried Meaning
/ʌnˈmæɹ.id/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving no husband or wife.
nounAn unmarried person.
Sentence Examples
The experiment was made on a hundred unmarried males.
So far as I know, she is still unmarried.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The census form asked if the person was married or ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the past, it was quite common for ____ women to live with their parents until they eventually started their own homes today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English married English unmarried From un- + married.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried."
— 2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2023, Sinosphere:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The census form asked if the person was married or ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the past, it was quite common for ____ women to live with their parents until they eventually started their own homes today.