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stillborn
/ ˈ²õ³Ùɪ±ôËŒ²úÉ”Ë²Ô /
adjective
- (of a fetus) dead at birth
- (of an idea, plan, etc) fruitless; abortive; unsuccessful
noun
- a stillborn fetus or baby
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stillborn1
Example Sentences
"If he couldn't empty his bladder, he would either go on to be stillborn or live a very short life."
"I had a stillborn baby girl in May 2022 and I had to carry on for my other two children but every day was a struggle and I spent months in bed," she explains.
She had insisted she gave birth to a stillborn child in the bathroom of her home in Cirencester in 2018 and had not taken an abortion pill.
Before the 1980s, the bodies of stillborn and miscarried babies were often taken away by hospital workers from families who were not given any details of their resting place.
The teddy bear of a stillborn baby is the star of a book written by a mother dealing with grief.
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