Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dead at birth.
- adjective Failing before or at the very beginning or inception; abortive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dead at birth; born lifeless: as, a still-born child.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dead at the birth.
- adjective Fig.: Abortive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Dead atbirth . - adjective figuratively, by extension
Ignored , withoutinfluence , orunsuccessful from theoutset ;abortive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
- adjective failing to accomplish an intended result
Etymologies
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Examples
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Women become pregnant very young, recieve insufficient nutrition, and as a result they endure protracted labor resulting in stillborn babies -- and injuries that result in eventual incontinence, social ostracism, and heartbreak.
Mwahahahahahaha! snurri 2008
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My mother had a full-term stillborn baby that she had similar thoughts about - what would she have been like?
Suing your own abortionist for making you witness the murder of your accidentally delivered child. Ann Althouse 2009
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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The patient, a 35-year-old woman, delivered a full-term stillborn baby in Santa Monica,
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