unwedded
1
6.5
A person who has never married
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɛdɪd/
:
no casado
- The community offers support groups for unwedded mothers who are navigating parenting alone.
Examples
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"Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them.
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But it could be that he is doing this on purpose to appeal to the large population of single women and unwedded mothers out there who seem to think of him as their true husband.
Blog text (23) -
Many unwedded couples today are choosing to raise children together without getting married.
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She preferred a life of independence as an unwedded woman, focusing on her career and personal growth.
Synonyms
unmarried
vsunwedded
68
1.0
Not having a husband or wife
emphasizes never having entered into marriage rather than current status
unwed
vsunwedded
21
3.9
Not married and has never had a husband or wife
is the identical meaning but a different adjective form
unjoined
vsunwedded
5.6
A person who is not married and lives alone
applies specifically to people who never entered marriage rather than general separation
Antonyms
Surface Forms
unwedded positive
Morphology
Etymology
Unwedded comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word wed meaning 'to marry', the same root you see in wedding. So an unwedded person is 'not married' or has 'never married'.