Difference between Unwed and Unmarried

What is the difference between Unwed and Unmarried?

Unwed as an adjective is not married while Unmarried as an adjective is having no husband or wife.

Unwed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not married

Unmarried

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having no husband or wife.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An unmarried person.

Example sentence: All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children.

We hope you now know whether to use Unwed or Unmarried in your sentence.

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