Spouseless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a spouse; unmarried. not-comparable

    "But the new majority materialized only because The Times chose to use survey data that counted, as spouseless women, teenagers 15 through 17 — almost 90 percent of whom were living with their parents."

Example

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"But the new majority materialized only because The Times chose to use survey data that counted, as spouseless women, teenagers 15 through 17 — almost 90 percent of whom were living with their parents."

Etymology

From Middle English spouselees, spowseles; equivalent to spouse + -less.

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