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stillborn
/ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
2VERB + STILLBORN
ground, like
STILLBORN + NOUN
baby, child, majority, years
Definitions
adj
1
Dead at birth.
Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son.
1978, Holy Bible (New International Version), Job 3:16, Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
2
Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market.
His lips framed themselves to whistle the first bars of a popular song, but the sound died stillborn.
noun
1
A baby that is born dead.
About 35% of stillborns are discovered to have major structural anomalies by chromosomal studies and autopsy findings.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — failing to accomplish an intended result
- abortive
- unsuccessful
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son.
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1978, Holy Bible (New International Version), Job 3:16, Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
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This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market.
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About 35% of stillborns are discovered to have major structural anomalies by chromosomal studies and autopsy findings.
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I had a stillborn baby three years ago.
Tatoeba · #7263506
My botched sentence must be the stillborn child of an aborted copy and paste.
Tatoeba · #1738662Usage Notes
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