nonmarried vs unwed

nonmarried

adj
  • Not married. 

noun
  • A person who is not married. 

unwed

adj
  • Not married. 

noun
  • One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster. 

  • Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples? 

verb
  • To annul the marriage of. 

  • To separate. 

How often have the words nonmarried and unwed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )