unmatingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪdɪŋ/ Not mating; that does not mate; (also) characterized by the absence of mating.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adjective] > provided with or having a lover or mate > without a lover or mate
mateless1599
servantless1658
loverless1824
unmating1857
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > by choice
chastec1315
unmarrying1722
celibate1827
unmating1857
1857 M. Arnold To Marguerite in Poems (ed. 3) 195 Or, if not quite alone, yet they Which touch thee are unmating things.
1896 R. M. Craig Sacrifice of Fools xxiii. 170 The male having been fed in its youth from the hands of a female Damara, had foster-affection for women stronger than any feeling which attracted him towards the unmating female of its own race.
1916 H. D. Sedgwick Apol. for Old Maids 10 There is a singular sweetness in this contact with the unmating soul, in this pleasant introspect into the cool sequestered garden of a nunnery.
1993 Behaviour 126 110 Males which built nests more than three times had a prolonged unmating period.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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