unborn
unborn
Definition
un·born (-bôrn′)
adjective
- not born or brought into being
- still within the mother's uterus; not yet delivered
- yet to come or be; future
unborn
Synonyms
unborn
modif.
unborn
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: For many in the West at the start of the new millenium, ' the family ' does not include the unborn.
Modifies a noun
- baby: I pray for their precious unborn babies to be spared.
- fetus: At what stage does an unborn fetus become a person?
- fetus: I have had an unborn fetus taken from me.
- foal: Any amount for a mare's unborn foal, embryo or fetus.
- child: To kill an unborn child is an act of murder.
- calf: Unborn calves do not exist according to the regulations.
Modifying Another Word
- yet: Her children, too, in ages yet unborn, shall bless the donor of the peoples park " .
- even: Both charities seek to find out all they can about diseases in young or even unborn babies, to help prevent similar occurrences.
- still: Instead we steal their wealth from them, while they are still unborn.
- then: I must say I thought it a silly idea, until the then unborn Saffron started moving every time the light was switched on.
- therefore: I believe life begins at conception and therefore unborn babies have rights " .
Noun used with modifier
unborn Quotes
If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.
To evoke posterity Is to weep on your own grave, Ventriloquizing for the unborn.
