Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To annul the marriage of.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To separate.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom was born in a house for unwed mothers.

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  2. Unwed couples deserve visitation rights just as much as married ones do.

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Forms

unweds, unwedding, unwed, unwed
Base formunwed · to unwed
3rd person singularunweds
Present participleunwedding
Past simpleunwed / unwedded
Past participleunwed / unwedded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunwed
he, she, itunweds

Past simpleLesson

all personsunwed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unwed
he, she, ithas unwed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unwed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unwantedB1unwarrantedunwaveringC1unwelcomeunwellB1unwieldy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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