unmarried

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

Translation

adj. kuwaolewa; single.

Example Sentences

I was still unmarried then.

Mimi bado sikuwa mume wakati huo.

She left no will and was unmarried.

Hakuacha mapenzi na hakukua mume.

Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.

Kuzaa bila kuwa mume zamani kulikuwa na unyago wa kijamii.

She disapproves of unmarried couples living together.

Yeye hunokosoa wanandoa wasioolewa kuishi pamoja.

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

Hospitali ya Thomas Coram ya Wajakazi Wenye Watoto Wenye Kuachwa ilifunguliwa mwaka 1741 ili kutunza watoto waliokuwa wameachwa na wamama wasiosomee, ikivutia msaada kutoka kwa watu wenye cheo.

Real-world Examples

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

Wanaume wasioolewa wamefungwa katika mbio za Darwin, wasomi wa uchumi wanabishiadhi.

Source: The Economist - China

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

Nalia kwa sababu nilitiwa ahadi nitakufa bila kuolewa.

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

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

Jukumu la kununua nyumba kwa hivyo lishuke kwa ufanisi kwa wanaume wasioolewa.

Source: The Economist - China

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

Alikiuka sheria alipozaliwa; wazazi wake hawakuwa nao.

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

Not for her the pleasures of unmarried girls.

Hakuwa na furaha za wasichana wasioolewa.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Kila mtu alidhani alikuwa amefariki bila kuolewa, lakini sio kweli.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

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

Na wanandoa wasioolewa wanaokaa pamoja watakabiliwa na miezi sita gerezani.

Source: VOA Special December 2022 Collection

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

Ananitumia barua mara kwa mara. Yeye ni mume wasioolewa na kamwe haitatoa ndoa sasa.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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

Mara baada ya sherehe, wasichana wasioolewa hukusanyika karibu katika kikundi.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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

Katika historia ya Marekani, kumekuwa na marais wawili tu wasioolewa.

Source: Listening Digest

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