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stillborn definition

still·born (-bôrn′)

adjective

  1. dead when delivered from the womb
  2. unsuccessful from the beginning; abortive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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