They refused to rent an apartment to an unmarried couple.
Synonyms: single, unattached, unwed, maiden More Synonyms of unmarried
unmarried in British English
(ʌnˈmærɪd)
adjective
1.
not married
unmarried couples
2. cinema
denoting a print of a cinematograph film in which the picture and sound recordings are on separate reels
Examples of 'unmarried' in a sentence
unmarried
Party animals should certainly not stay at monasteries, and unmarried couples cannot share.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The implication is that they are a better bet that the average unmarried man.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then there are legal rights for unmarried couples.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At present mothers can veto unmarried fathers from being included.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in front of an audience of hundreds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Far from giving unmarried couples equal rights they are thus being given superior rights to those of married couples.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If you are an unmarried couple in this town, beware.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Currently, the courts have limited power to use discretion in awarding settlements for unmarried couples.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Various bodies concerned with the particular problems of the unmarried mother or with single-parent families also increasingly see their role as contributing to family welfare.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
The number of births to single mothers and unmarried cohabiting couples is set to exceed 50% across the country in the next five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At this particular point in her life she's a single person, unmarried.
Christianity Today (2000)
But she still carved out a role for herself -- not the easiest thing for an unmarried woman in Nepal.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
In other languages
unmarried
British English: unmarried /ʌnˈmærɪd/ ADJECTIVE
Someone who is unmarried is not married.
...an unmarried couple.
American English: unmarried
Arabic: غَيْرُ مُتَزَوِّج
Brazilian Portuguese: não casado
Chinese: 未婚的
Croatian: No need for neoženjena (it does not exist!)
Czech: svobodný neženatý
Danish: ugift
Dutch: ongetrouwd
European Spanish: soltero
Finnish: naimaton
French: non marié
German: ledig
Greek: ανύπαντρος
Italian: celibe
Japanese: 未婚の
Korean: 미혼의
Norwegian: ugift
Polish: nieżonaty
European Portuguese: não casado
Romanian: necăsătorit
Russian: неженатый
Latin American Spanish: soltero
Swedish: ogift
Thai: ไม่แต่งงาน
Turkish: evlenmemiş
Ukrainian: неодружений
Vietnamese: chưa lập gia đình
Chinese translation of 'unmarried'
unmarried
(ʌnˈmærɪd)
adj
未婚的 (wèihūn de)
(adjective)
Definition
not married
Many young people remain unmarried to concentrate on their career.
Synonyms
single
The last I heard she was still single, still out there.
unattached
Those who are unattached may find that a potential mate is very close.
unwed
maiden
bachelor
on the shelf
I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.
celibate
He found it hard to adapt to the celibate life of a monk.
unwedded
Additional synonyms
in the sense of celibate
Definition
unmarried or abstaining from sex, esp. because of a religious vow of chastity
He found it hard to adapt to the celibate life of a monk.
Synonyms
chaste,
single,
unmarried,
pure,
virgin,
continent
in the sense of on the shelf
Definition
put aside or abandoned; used esp. of unmarried women considered to be past the age of marriage
I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.
Synonyms
unmarried,
single,
unwed,
unwedded,
spouseless
in the sense of unattached
Definition
not engaged or married
Those who are unattached may find that a potential mate is very close.