"wifeless" meaning in English

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          "roman": "unqēniþs",
          "sense": "having no wife; unmarried",
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          "roman": "agúnaios",
          "sense": "having no wife; unmarried",
          "word": "ἀγύναιος"
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      "roman": "unqēniþs",
      "sense": "having no wife; unmarried",
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌵𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌸𐍃"
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