Meanings
nounnever-married (plural never-marrieds)
plural never-marrieds
- Someone who has never been married.
For males the opposite is true; the ever-marrieds have substantially higher wages and salaries than the never-marrieds in every case.
1979, Peter J. Kuch, An Analysis of Earnings in Canada: Census Analytical Study
Cite this entry
APA
never-married. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-married
MLA
“never-married.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-married. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “never-married,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-married.
Source: never-married on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.