0 (used especially in newspapers) not married:
an unwed mother
How did the women themselves cope financially and emotionally with unwed motherhood?
The typical paternity trial usually involved an unwed woman seeking support for her child from a man who she claimed was the father.
Longitudinal studies over the transition to adulthood for adolescents assumed to carry considerable risk for adaptive difficulties, such as unwed teenage parents, have revealed surprisingly positive adaptation.
Or whether unwed fathers have rights?
The divorce revolution—by which we mean the steady displacement of a marriage culture by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood—has created terrible hardships for children.
Afterwards, it fell upon the dowager duchess to find her unwed grandson a suitable bride.
The storyline was devised by the producers after some viewers became outraged by the idea of an unwed couple moving in together.
Four unwed pregnant women were found illegally housed in the centre.
