unrelationshipped en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + relationship + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Not in a romantic relationship; single.
It feels like the romantic equivalent of a compulsive overachiever explaining a brief gap on their CV — "Oh, those six months? I wasn't unrelationshiped, I was boysober!"
2024 February 8, Holly Thomas, “Opinion: Why I'm so curious about being 'boysober'”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2024:Dependants would be fine so long as they were well out of the way, and being cared for, but her very strong preference was for the unrelationshipped.
2010, Charlie Charters, Bolt Action, Leicester, Leicestershire: Charnwood, published 2012, →ISBN, page 62:Can I ever identify here! I am newly unrelationshipped. It isn't pleasant, but I have a network of local and long distance friends to that I know that I am not alone.
2000 May 19, Lynn Dobbs, “numbers? (help)”, in alt.polyamory (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrelationshiped | alternative | lexicographic |