stillborn
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- adjective
- /ˈstɪlˌbɔrn/
- Specialized
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nacido muerto
- My first daughter was stillborn at 27 weeks; she had died in utero, and I was induced.
- stillborn infants
- stillborn births
- stillborn child
Jackie goes into premature labour, wakes up and is told she had a stillborn daughter.
- Jackie goes into premature labour, wakes up and is told she had a stillborn daughter.
- So what they taught me growing up, my mum knew from quite a young age that she had four stillborn babies, all boys that was going to be an only child.
- Jackie goes into premature labor, wakes up and is told she had a stillborn daughter, a daughter she never saw, a daughter she never held.
Examples
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My baby... was delivered stillborn.
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Different cultures handle the death of a child, whether stillborn or live-born, in different ways.
Academic text (1997) -
When he returned, he was told that his wife had given birth to a stillborn daughter.
Academic text (2008) -
A year after he married, his young wife died with their stillborn daughter.
Academic text (2009) -
I was supposed to be a twin, but she was stillborn.
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Chief Sebituana's baby was stillborn last night.
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Jackie goes into premature labour, wakes up and is told she had a stillborn daughter.
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Pregnant women exposed to the disease ran the risk of stillborn infants or deformities in their babies at birth.
Blog text (7) -
After the shock of the body's discovery, Mrs. Armstrong gave premature birth to a stillborn child, and herself died in the process.
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In the photo, the parents are holding their stillborn baby in a hospital room.
Synonyms
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Not alive or working, for example a battery with no power
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Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals
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A person who is not alive, used in formal or respectful speech
Not breathing and showing no signs of life
Not alive and does not grow or breathe
Not alive, for example stones, water, and machines
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Morphology
Etymology
Stillborn comes from the two simple words still and born. Still here means 'not moving', so a stillborn baby is one that shows no signs of life at birth.