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birthless, a.|ˈbɜːθlɪs| [f. birth n.1 + -less.] a. Abortive. b. Without the advantages of ‘birth.’
1649Owen Serm. Wks. 1851 VIII. 234 Their plots have proved tympanous and birthless. 1859Trollope Dr. Thorne 238 Poor Mary was such a birthless foundling. |