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unbetrothed

unbetrothed adjective: not betrothed.

Adjective

unbetrothed (not comparable)

  1. Not betrothed.
    • Elizabeth in consequence remained unbetrothed, and her father soon afterwards secured to himself a more strenuous ally in the earl of Lenox, also of the blood-royal of Scotland, by bestowing upon this nobleman the hand, not of his daughter, but of his niece the lady Margaret Douglas.1818, Lucy Aikin, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
    • The early pledging and marriage of the children has reduced illicit sexual intercourse to a minimum; nevertheless, it sometimes happens that an unbetrothed girl, not a pota, is found to be pregnant.1922, Fay-Cooper Cole, The Tinguian

Origin of unbetrothed

From un- + betrothed.

Questions about unbetrothed

What does unbetrothed mean?
Unbetrothed means not betrothed.
What part of speech is unbetrothed?
Unbetrothed is an adjective.

Words near unbetrothed in the dictionary

  1. unbetray
  2. unbetrayable
  3. unbetrayed
  4. unbetraying
  5. unbetrays
  6. unbetrothed
  7. unbetterable
  8. unbettered
  9. unbeveled
  10. unbevelled
  11. unbewailed

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