adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unmarried couple
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She rented the room to a young, unmarried couple.
die unmarried
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He died unmarried in 1922.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
couple
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But marriage is still more stable than cohabiting: unmarried couples who live together are four times more likely to split up.
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The U. S. Census Bureau re-ports that there were 3. 5 million unmarried couples living together in 1993.
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An unmarried couple splitting up can also face legal problems.
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That same freedom was later guaranteed, under the Equal Protection Clause, for unmarried couples .
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As far as inheriting property is concerned, the position for married and unmarried couples couldn't be more different.
daughter
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Hardly any have unmarried daughters , who in the past were most often expected to do the caring.
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Mary Keane is the unmarried daughter of a farmer.
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She walked out of the family home with the two unmarried daughters .
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On her latest trip to New York City, my grandmother had taken her unmarried daughter , Mimi, along.
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Her unmarried daughters Florence, Bertha and Jessie, however, lived at home and gave her what comfort they could.
girl
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Tampons were not allowed, being considered unsuitable for unmarried girls .
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But there was something fishy about those actresses because nine months after they had left even unmarried girls found themselves with child.
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Some of us might be young unmarried girls , others aged ladies of 40 or 50.
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The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill on Dec. 8 requiring parental consent for unmarried girls under 18 to have abortions.
woman
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Instead, black married women stopped having so many children; black unmarried women continued to have them as before.
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And non-poor unmarried women are deciding to have and keep their babies with far greater frequency than in previous eras.
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The number of births to married women each year according to their parity is known, but not for unmarried women.
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The unmarried woman is anxious about the affairs of the Lord; the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs.
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They were partially successful in 1907, when unmarried women ratepayers were allowed to stand as candidates.
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In the world before the camps, the unmarried women and men I knew lived separately.
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Marital Status Married women are less likely to move than unmarried women.
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The legislation would also provide cash benefits to states that reduce births by unmarried women .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Unmarried mothers can usually receive help from the State or Federal governments.
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Mrs Travis has three unmarried sons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between one-fifth and one-half of all unmarried teenagers in developing countries are sexually active, according to the Worldwatch Institute.
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Everyone thought he had died unmarried , but that was not true.
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For several years she made tours of the Continent with her elder unmarried sister, Caroline.
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He is generally unmarried , even though he may have had a shady past which included associating with women.
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Instead, black married women stopped having so many children; black unmarried women continued to have them as before.
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Tampons were not allowed, being considered unsuitable for unmarried girls.
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That remarkable face is also the object of a pilgrimage of unmarried females.
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The unmarried woman is anxious about the affairs of the Lord; the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs.