stillborn

IPA: stˈɪɫbˈɔrn

noun

  • A baby that is born dead.

adjective

  • Dead at birth.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
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Examples of "stillborn" in Sentences

  • Their first child was stillborn.
  • Tragically, the baby is stillborn.
  • Nina is led to believe the baby was stillborn.
  • His wife died in childbirth, the child stillborn.
  • The woman gave birth to a stillborn baby at the checkpoint.
  • I presume the baby to whom Pepys referred to was stillborn.
  • She carries the baby to term, but the child is a stillborn boy.
  • With the exception of Philip, all were stillborn or died in infancy.
  • She died in the following year after the birth of a stillborn child.
  • The baby seems to be stillborn at first, but is resuscitated by medics.

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