not married
not presently wed
Cases of word usage
1) an unmarried man (bachelor)
2) a girl or young unmarried woman attending the bride at her wedding (bridesmaid)
3) the state of living unmarried or not having sexual intercourse, especially as a religious obligation (celibacy)
4) an elderly person (usually a woman) in charge of a girl or young unmarried woman (chaperon)
5) (of an unmarried couple) to live together as husband and wife (cohabit)
6) (old use) a young unmarried woman (damsel)
7) a working association between two or more people, committee etc; a sexual relationship between unmarried people (liaison)
8) a girl; a young, unmarried woman; a woman who does cleaning in a hotel etc (maid)
9) first or earliest; (of an older woman) unmarried (maiden)
10) a failure to hit, catch, reach, see etc; (used in front of the name of an unmarried woman or girl who has no other titles) 'Miss Smith'; (used by children to a female teacher, to a shop assistant etc) 'Good morning, miss!' (miss)