Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not fit to be married; too young for marriage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
marriageable ,unsuitable formarriage . - adjective That cannot be
reconciled ,inconsistent .
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Examples
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If a woman is young and single and diagnosed with breast cancer, all of a sudden she may be classified as unmarriageable for she is now defective and imperfect.
American Bedu 2010
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Were Jewish women allowed into the full ranks of Jewish community leadership only if they were 'unmarriageable' or long past childbearing age?
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In some cultures a woman who has not had this operation is considered "unmarriageable".
Chapter 4 1995
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Hemant had argued that Vandana's false allegation had rendered him "unmarriageable" and sullied his prestige.
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They are unable to forge friendships with children their own age, boys are forced into physical labor for employment on farms or in factories, and girls are considered unmarriageable.
Shannon Galpin: Creating A Future For Afghanistan's Deaf Shannon Galpin 2011
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"Even if disclosure doesn't render you unmarriageable, tricky questions linger," Lieber writes.
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Even at the time it was widely commented that the pressure to dispose of unmarriageable young women filled convents with the victims of "forced vocations".
Force of habit: the lonely souls trapped in religious art Jonathan Jones 2010
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The translation of “too masculine” for many men is “unmarriageable.”
Don’t Bring Home a White Boy KARYN LANGHORNE FOLAN 2010
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The fact that the stigma of Guantanamo made him unmarriageable was apparently a major factor in his decline.
Shayana Kadidal: The Myth of Return to the Battlefield from Guantanamo 2009
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In later life, her "flaw" made her unmarriageable.
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