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# unmarried

adjective (unmarried)

«unmarried» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unmarried means not married: an unmarried person does not have a husband or wife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, forms and stories: «an unmarried aunt», «unmarried couple» (two people living together without marrying). In formal forms it may appear as a status: single, married, divorced, widowed. Plain word: single.

### Examples

- My uncle is unmarried and lives on his own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#x1)
- In the story, the unmarried princess ruled the kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#x2)
- Many unmarried couples have children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#x3)
- The form asks if you are married or unmarried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#x4)
- The two unmarried sisters ran the shop together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/#x5)

### Note

«Un-» + «married». «Single» is the more common everyday word. Old words like «spinster» and «bachelor» are old-fashioned; «spinster» can sound unkind.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unmarried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarried/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unmarried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unmarried.html) on Mova free.