unwed

adjective

ˌən-ˈwed How to pronounce unwed (audio)
Definition of unwednext
as in unmarried
not married most of the employees at that small company are unwed

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Recent Examples of unwed To uphold traditional values and avoid unwed pregnancies, parents might arrange marriages for daughters as young as twelve or thirteen, in customary ceremonies that didn’t carry legal force. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024 Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption. — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 The doctor is haunted by the infamous, punitive, Magdalene laundries, to which, under his watch, an unwed mother and her baby were sent 20 years earlier. — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024 Murphy’s latest project, Small Things Like These, depicting the horrors of Ireland’s church’s abusive workhouses for unwed mothers, is set for a Nov. 1 release in the U.K., and Nov. 8 in the U.S. — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unwed

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“Unwed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwed. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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