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[ uhn-bawrn ] / ʌnˈbɔrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unborn ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot yet born; yet to come; future: unborn generations. not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb: an unborn baby. existing without birth or beginning. Origin of unbornbefore 900; Middle English; Old English unbornen.See un-1, born Words nearby unbornunbolt, unbolted, unboned, unbonnet, unbonneted, unborn, unbosom, unbothered, unbound, unbounded, unbowed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unbornThere is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter. Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life|David Yaffe|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST The letter attacks Braley for having “willingly voted for extreme measures that threaten the lives of unborn children.” Pro-Life Group Sends Over The Top Mailer|Ben Jacobs|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST They fear for their unborn child, a baby girl who will be born into a family with no belongings, no money, and little food. Church Bells Fall Silent in Mosul as Iraq’s Christians Flee|Andrew Doran, Drew Bowling|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Zaun, who was starting to look like the favorite, took the stage to cheers and vowed “I will spill my blood to save the unborn.” The Bizarro World Of Iowa’s GOP Convention|Ben Jacobs|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He understood that her unborn child was at the center of her struggle. Tupac and Murray Kempton: The Godfather Who Wore Tweed|Michael Daly|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then said Sigurd, "The time is unborn wherein Regin shall be my bane; nay, rather one road shall both these brothers fare." The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga)|Anonymous Though I am the unborn, the changeless Self, I condition my nature and am born by my power. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer But he is innocent, sir—he is innocent—as the young lamb in the meadows which is unborn! The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4|George W. M. Reynolds The fate of us, the fate of millions now alive, the fate of millions yet unborn, depend upon the answer. Phrases for Public Speakers and Paragraphs for Study|Compiled by Grenville Kleiser Say that you have positive evidence that she has made away with her own unborn child. Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for unborn
adjectivenot yet born or brought to birth still to come in the futurethe unborn world 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 Words related to unborncoming, expected, incipient, prospective, awaited |