unmarried

[US]/ʌn'mærɪd/
[UK]/ˌʌn'mærɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ugift; singel.

Example Sentences

I was still unmarried then.

Jeg var fortsatt ugift på den tiden.

She left no will and was unmarried.

Hun etterlot seg ikke et testamente og var ugift.

Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.

Å være ugift mor hadde en gang en sosial stigma.

She disapproves of unmarried couples living together.

Hun er uenig i at ugifte par bor sammen.

Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital opened in 1741 to look after the abandoned babies of unmarried mothers, attracting support from the cream of society.

Thomas Corams barnehjem åpnet i 1741 for å ta vare på de forlatte barna til ugift mødre, og tiltrakk seg støtte fra samfunnets elite.

Real-world Examples

Unmarried men are locked in a Darwinian race, the economists argue.

Ugifte menn er fanget i et darwinistisk kappløp, mener økonomene.

Source: The Economist - China

'I'm crying because I promised I would die unmarried.

Jeg gråter fordi jeg lovet at jeg ville dø ugift.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

The burden of home-buying thus falls heavily on unmarried men.

Byrden med å kjøpe bolig faller dermed tungt på ugift menn.

Source: The Economist - China

He broke the law when he was born;his parents were unmarried.

Han brøt loven da han ble født; foreldrene hans var ugift.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Not for her the pleasures of unmarried girls.

Ikke for henne gledene til ugift jenter.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Everyone thought he had died unmarried, but that was not true.

Alle trodde han var død ugift, men det var ikke sant.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

And unmarried couples living together will face six months in prison.

Og ugift par som bor sammen vil få seks måneder i fengsel.

Source: VOA Special December 2022 Collection

He writes to me regularly. He is unmarried and will never marry now.

Han skriver til meg regelmessig. Han er ugift og vil aldri gifte seg nå.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Immediately after the ceremony, the unmarried women gather closely in a group.

Like etter seremonien samles de ugiftede kvinnene tett i en gruppe.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

In the history of America there have only been two unmarried presidents.

I USAs historie har det bare vært to ugift presidenter.

Source: Listening Digest

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