unwed

Examples

• All

• In the United States, every third child is born to an unwed mother.

  Academic text (2002)

• In 1998, fully 33 percent of all children were born to unwed mothers - an all-time high.

  Academic text (2002)

• The Prince remained unwed, and the Queen remained determined.

  Cinderella (2000)

• Why does an unwed woman have that instinct but not an unwed man?

  On the Basis of Sex (2018)

• Many will do poorly in school, become unwed parents, and have difficulty supporting themselves as adults.

  Academic text (2003)

• And that's when we made our way to a group home for unwed mothers.

  Daltry Calhoun (2005)

• Catholic girls were taught that unwed mothers gave up their babies rather than subject them to disgrace.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Wouldn't it be wiser for her to remain unwed rather than to marry and bring children into such a world?

  Fiction book (2001)

• There was also the stigma and shaming associated with unwed motherhood, which arguably continues in society today.

  Academic text (2017)

• She is an unwed mother who is raising her child with the help of her family.

Synonyms

U

unmarried

vsunwed

68 1.0

Not having a husband or wife

refers specifically to someone who never entered marriage

U

unwedded

vsunwed

1 6.5

A person who has never married

has identical meaning but differs only in form or spelling

Antonyms

M

married

∞ 1.0

Having a husband or wife

Compounds

U

unwed mother

11 3.4

A woman who has a child and is not married

U

unwed couple

3.8

Two people in a romantic relationship who are not married to each other

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology