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[ stil-bawrn ] / ˈstɪlˌbɔrn /
adjectivedead when born. ineffectual from the beginning; abortive; fruitless: a stillborn plan of escape. Origin of stillbornFirst recorded in 1590–1600; still1 + born Words nearby stillbornstill, stillage, still alarm, still and all, stillbirth, stillborn, still frame, still hunt, stillicide, stilliform, still layer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stillbornAnother baby, stillborn, Huntsman told police, was also found. Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First|Steve Miller|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST After all, it was stillborn, never getting a chance to move from idea into action. RIP: Obama’s Grand Bargain With the GOP on Entitlements|John Avlon|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST One day… Jenna Petro Antigo, Wisconsin Our baby, Amy, was stillborn 32 years ago, and we still think of her every day. Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials|Brandy Zadrozny|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Anonymous Our daughter, Alyson, was stillborn at full term with no indication of any problems in 2008. Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials|Brandy Zadrozny|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her roommate had had a stillborn baby and my mother felt sad for her. Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials|Brandy Zadrozny|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Three years previously, after the advent of a stillborn child, she had felt vague pains in the spinal column. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola The rottenness of stillborn love in the heart of a child poisons the blood of the soul, and hence, later, crime. The Fair Haven|Samuel Butler Roman science was stillborn, into a suffocating atmosphere of vile wealth and military oppression. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells In a large majority of cases the mother recovers, but the child, if viable, is stillborn or dies in a few hours. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various The young man's burst of exultation was all but stillborn; already despair plucked chilly at his heart-strings. Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison
British Dictionary definitions for stillborn
adjective(of a fetus) dead at birth (of an idea, plan, etc) fruitless; abortive; unsuccessful nouna stillborn fetus or baby Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for stillbornThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |