unwed
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attached, espoused, hitched, married, wedded (also wed)
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So does that mean ‘unwed parents’ cannot enroll their kids? — NBC News, "Christian day care center rejects child because she has lesbian parents," 22 July 2019 If unwed, must be willing to actually get married on set. — Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, "Commercial Casting Breakdowns," 16 Aug. 2019 As a result, couples are spending an increasing amount of their lives in the same home, but unwed. — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, "How soon do couples usually move in together?," 12 July 2019 The practice targeted left-wing opponents of Franco’s regime, and later on, unwed mothers and poor families. — Fox News, "Spain 'stolen baby' discovers she was willingly given up for adoption after DNA test finds biological family," 12 July 2019 In the piece, writer Joanna Weiss looks at how the fact that Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is unwed could affect his bid for the Oval Office. — Michelle Garcia, Glamour, "The First Lady Has a Huge Job. It’s Time She Had a Salary to Match," 3 Apr. 2019 Francis met Saturday with some adult adoptees who were forcibly taken from their unwed biological mothers at birth. — Sylvia Hui, Fox News, "Ireland seeks Church reparations for mass baby burials," 27 Aug. 2018 Spanish officials at homes for unwed pregnant women and hospital clinics allegedly took newborns from mothers who were considered leftists or communists and gave them to families connected to the Franco regime. — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, "Spain’s ‘Stolen Babies’ Trial Explores a Franco Legacy," 26 June 2018 The boy who was sold was born to an unwed teenage girl, Mandal said. — Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, "Nun from Mother Teresa’s charity in India arrested on suspicion of selling baby," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unwed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unwed
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