unmarried

/ ʌnˈmærɪd /

adjective

1. not married

   an unmarried mother

2. films denoting a print of a cinematograph film in which the picture and sound recordings are on separate reels

Example Sentences

Experts have negotiated access to thousands of records from institutions for unmarried mothers in Northern Ireland.

From BBC

The exhumations will be carried out at the site of an institution for unmarried mothers, which operated between 1925 and 1961.

From BBC

Hundreds of babies and children, buried in an unmarked mass grave, at the site of an institution for unmarried mothers near the west coast of Ireland.

From BBC

One in 4 men will now remain unmarried in their 40s.

From Los Angeles Times

It provided accommodation for unmarried mothers and their children during a period when women were ostracised by Irish society, and often by their own families, if they became pregnant outside marriage.

From BBC

Related Words

• eligible 
• widowed