unmarriageable
Ineligible for matrimony
Unmarriageable describes someone considered unsuitable or ineligible for marriage.
The term often reflects social judgments about age, status, temperament, or circumstances rather than legal barriers.
In historical contexts, women past a certain age or without dowries might be deemed unmarriageable; in contemporary use, it often carries ironic or self-deprecating tones.
Her family worried she'd become unmarriageable if she kept refusing suitors.
He joked that his dedication to work made him thoroughly unmarriageable.
Unmarried older woman
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- unwedNot hitched
- unmatchedHaving no equal
- unsuitableNot fitting or appropriate
unfit · undesirable · unavailable · unworthy · rejected · overlooked · excluded · unpicked
Shunned, rejected person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- disgracedBrought into shame
dishonored · scandalous · shameful · tainted · tarnished · ruined · compromised · defiled
Not allowed
- off-limitsProhibited from access
- restrictedLimited in scope
- barredBlocked from entry
- proscribedFormally forbidden by authority
consanguineous · incestuous · interfaith · interracial · miscegenation · endogamy · impediment · dispensation
Departing from standard practice
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
independent · liberated · unorthodox · individualist · solitary · self-sufficient · autonomous · childfree
spinster
Unmarried older woman
unsuitable · unfit · undesirable · unavailable · unworthy · rejected · overlooked · excluded · unpicked · unwanted
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
disgraced · dishonored · scandalous · shameful · tainted · tarnished · ruined · compromised · defiled · fallen
forbidden
Not allowed
- off-limitsProhibited from access
- restrictedLimited in scope
- barredBlocked from entry
proscribed · consanguineous · incestuous · interfaith · interracial · miscegenation · endogamy · impediment · dispensation · annulment
unconventional
Departing from standard practice
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
rebel · independent · liberated · unorthodox · individualist · solitary · self-sufficient · autonomous · childfree · asexual
unmarriageablemarriageable
Suitable for wedlock
eligible · eligible bachelor · suitable · nubile · desirable
unmarriageabledesirable
Worth having or seeking
sought-after · in demand · ideal mate · attractive · trophy wife
marriage, marry, marital, matrimony, remarried, remarriage, matrimonial, marriageable, premarital