unmarriageable

Examples

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• However, when I hear how some of them are now feeling out of place, considered 'too independent' and 'unmarriageable,' etc., I am reminded of the long task ahead.

  Academic text (1996)

• "You'll manage by yourself, Sara, you always do," and went off with Madame Savvidopoulos and her unmarriageable daughters to Cyprus.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Or they were unmarriageable because ugly, a burden to the family.

  The Devils (1971)

• They were placed in the pool of the unmarriageable because nobody wanted to marry them.

• I was thrilled to be able to go to college and think about a career without worrying that it might make me unmarriageable.

  Blog text (25)

• This left the younger sons with nothing to offer any prospective wife, so they were essentially unmarriageable.

  Blog text (30)

• Man in his middle fifties, balding, not in very good shape, fairly well-to-do, not previously married, and probably unmarriageable.

  Fiction book (1997)

• In some cultures, women who have been divorced may be considered unmarriageable and face social stigma.

• People often fear that pursuing an ambitious career will make them unmarriageable in their traditional communities.

• Many individuals feel that being too independent can render them unmarriageable in a society that values traditional roles.

Synonyms

U

unmarriable

vsunmarriageable

1 7.2

Not allowed to become someone's husband or wife

is judged unsuitable or not eligible for marriage by others

Antonyms

M

marriageable

3 4.4

Old enough, often by law, to have a husband or wife

How Eligible

marriageable

3 4.4

unmarriageable

1 8.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology