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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