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stillborn Definition

still·born (-bôrn′)

adjective

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

stillborn Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • arrive: In particular the missed deadline on agricultural modalities, which was more than missed and the text that was prepared arrived stillborn.
  • deliver: Stephen and Cindy Martin are suing Dr. Lynne Marriott for negligence after their daughter was delivered stillborn.

Modifies a noun

  • baby: However, the emotional pain of carrying a stillborn baby is often too great to wait for natural labor.
  • son: She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, but after two miscarriages, died after giving birth to a stillborn son in 1817.
  • child: In the case of a stillborn child no age will be recorded.
  • infant: The majority of the difference is accounted for by the high numbers of stillborn infants for first generation mothers.
  • daughter: In 1861 she gave birth to a stillborn daughter.
  • calf: Both Mote and the MMC had stillborn calves born on the 7th.

Modifying Another Word

  • either: Every fourth clone born is either stillborn or suffers from a lethal defect.
  • usually: Although the severity of the disorder can vary, babies with MGS are usually stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Noun used with modifier

child: Everyone lately had a story of loss: a child stillborn; a brother killed in an accident; a father to cancer.