unmarried man
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- noun
- /ʌnˈmɛrɪd mæn/
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soltero
- At the wedding, my friend gave a toast to all the unmarried men in attendance.
- young unmarried man
- unmarried men and women
Examples
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I think your father has informed every unmarried man in the city of your return.
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As social scientist Charles Murray likes to say, unmarried men rarely volunteer to coach kids' soccer teams.
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By the time of World War II, young unmarried men were remembered as drinking heavily.
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Donovan is an unmarried man.
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There was no provision for unmarried men or women or widows.
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In either case, unmarried men did not live a solitary life, separated from loved ones.
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Historically, unmarried men have engaged in a wide range of social pathologies more frequently than their married counterparts.
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Toasts about marriage, like those about courtship, frequently targeted young, unmarried men and women.
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I mean, an unmarried man in his late 30s, going to all the musicals with a bunch of old blue-hairs...
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Beards serve to show a man's marital status: Married men grow them, but unmarried men do not.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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A man who has never been married
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A man who chooses to stay unmarried for a long time
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjectival noun phrase: 'unmarried' (not in a marital relationship) modifying 'man' (adult male), so its meaning 'a man who is not married' follows directly from the constituents. The negative prefix un- and the adjective+noun composition are regular, cross-linguistically common patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase unmarried man comes from the parts un-, married, and man, making a simple image of a man without a marriage or wedding ring. That's why it means 'a man who is not married'.