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stillborn

[ stil-bawrn ]

/ ˈstɪlˌbɔrn /

adjective

dead when born.

ineffectual from the beginning; abortive; fruitless: a stillborn plan of escape.

Origin of stillborn

First recorded in 1590–1600; still¹ + born

Words nearby stillborn

still's disease, still's murmur, still-hunt, stillage, stillbirth, stillborn, stillicide, stilliform, stillness, stillroom, stillson wrench

Example sentences from the Web for stillborn

Another baby, stillborn, Huntsman told police, was also found.

Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First |Steve Miller |April 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
After all, it was stillborn, never getting a chance to move from idea into action.

RIP: Obama’s Grand Bargain With the GOP on Entitlements |John Avlon |March 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One day… Jenna Petro Antigo, Wisconsin Our baby, Amy, was stillborn 32 years ago, and we still think of her every day.

Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials |Brandy Zadrozny |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Anonymous Our daughter, Alyson, was stillborn at full term with no indication of any problems in 2008.

Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials |Brandy Zadrozny |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Her roommate had had a stillborn baby and my mother felt sad for her.

Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials |Brandy Zadrozny |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Three years previously, after the advent of a stillborn child, she had felt vague pains in the spinal column.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile Zola
The rottenness of stillborn love in the heart of a child poisons the blood of the soul, and hence, later, crime.

The Fair Haven |Samuel Butler
Roman science was stillborn, into a suffocating atmosphere of vile wealth and military oppression.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells
In a large majority of cases the mother recovers, but the child, if viable, is stillborn or dies in a few hours.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
The young man's burst of exultation was all but stillborn; already despair plucked chilly at his heart-strings.

Queed |Henry Sydnor Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for stillborn

stillborn

/ (ˈstɪlˌbɔːn) /

adjective

(of a fetus) dead at birth

(of an idea, plan, etc) fruitless; abortive; unsuccessful

noun

a stillborn fetus or baby

Medical definitions for stillborn

stillborn

[ stĭl′bôrn′ ]

adj.

Dead at birth.