Definitions
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- adjective Without
marriage .
Etymologies
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marriage + -less
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Examples
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MrsWhatsit, just because some children are in marriageless households does not refute the claim that the primary purpose of marriage is for children, same as you can't refute my claim that I water my yard for green grass, despite not all grass getting watered.
Why not engage with me instead of trying to make me into your enemy? Ann Althouse 2006
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For thou art among the dead, and the greatest part of my life is passed in groans, and wailings, and nightly tears; marriageless, childless, behold, how like a miserable wretch do I drag out my existence forever!
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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