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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Marriage: marital status
bachelor
bachelorette
bachelorhood
be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom
between
ex
grass widow
honeymooners
live in
married
on the shelfidiom
singleton
spinster
spinsterhood
spoken for
widow
widowed
widower
widowhood
wifely

unmarried | American Dictionary

unmarried
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ʌnˈmær·id, -ˈmeər-/
having no husband or wife:
Their youngest son is still unmarried.

Examples of unmarried

unmarried
The share it acquired depended on the daughters' present circumstances, on whether they were unmarried, married, or returned from marriage as a widow or divorcée.
A few donors were healthy unmarried students aged 18-24 years, whose medical and family histories were known.
Throughout this paper, the term 'unmarried' refers to respondents who have not been involved in either formal or informal unions.
In both 1851 and 1881 they were living in households containing lower than average numbers of unmarried offspring.
Most married women and widows were classified by the occupations of their husbands, because the bulk of women with occupations of their own were unmarried.
As can be seen, no significant interaction was found for any variable except the variables : being unmarried and to a lesser extent, a recent divorce.
Also, contrary to the expectations of those who design family planning programmes, contraceptors are most likely to be found amongst the young and the unmarried.
Or, do unmarried women in those countries contribute significantly more births in proportion to their numbers than women in the lower ranked nations?
There is no class of persons whose condition has been more improved in my experience than that of unmarried women.
For females, an early marriage is essential, and arranged marriages are the rule, as parents do not want a life-long responsibility for unmarried daughters.
Those who are older, unmarried, childless and in poor health are least likely to have robust support networks.
The continued presence of an unmarried daughter within a family might easily excite the suspicions of pagan neighbours.
The unmarried were younger than the married women, with 57-7 % and 29-7 % respectively under 18 years.
Most support was provided to unmarried older parents with physical-function limitations.
Except in very poor households, parents did not expect unmarried working children to contribute to the household income.
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