stillborn

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A friend of Holmes who is a collector said it is called a stillborn flag because it was never national, Holmes said.

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  1. adjective Dead at birth.
  2. adjective Failing before or at the very beginning or inception; abortive: a stillborn plot to assassinate the President.

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  • Her own marriage had been stillborn, and she always found it cathartic to witness a wedding go off without a hitch. —  CaptivatedByTheTycoon
  • That plot had died stillborn, aborted by Melisande's schemes; this one had hatched in full, and the memory of the Royal Army surrounding the City of Elua was too fresh. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • Washington - Adding to the devastation of her daughter Clare being stillborn is the fact that Erin Fogarty Owen doesn't know why: What went wrong in a pregnancy that seemed textbook? —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • Adding to the devastation of her daughter Clare being stillborn is the fact that Erin Fogarty Owen doesn't know why: What went wrong in a pregnancy that seemed textbook? —  Homepage
  • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adding to the devastation of her daughter Clare being stillborn is the fact that Erin Fogarty Owen doesn''t know why: What went wrong in a pregnancy that seemed textbook?
 

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