unborn
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbɔrn/
- At that moment, the conversations all end because the person carrying the unborn child has made her choice.
- an unborn child
- an unborn baby
- an unborn fetus
He said, well, I'm just grieving for my unborn child, you know, in my mind.
- He said, well, I'm just grieving for my unborn child, you know, in my mind.
- It's been Rob Junior, Marjorie and their unborn child.
- How are they showing up in the placental fluid around unborn babies?
- I thought, how could I have been a better mother to this unborn person?
- Also, they found micro nanoplastics in amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn baby.
- The core presumption here is that unborn children are alive and that they are worthy of our protection.
- Now that guy got put into prison though on Monday, he lost his case for thinking about his unborn child.
- So she convinced a teenage member of the Glee club that was pregnant at that time to give her her unborn child.
- Do you feel the tension between that ability to choose the trajectory of your own life versus the the rights of the unborn child?
- She sent him a picture of their future unborn son and he climaxed.
- You know, like you need to protect your your unborn child from being right.
- I'm the zeroth of an unborn creature.
- Two unborn children in her belly who have to listen to this podcast.
Examples
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Sleep soundly, my dear, sweet, innocent unborn twin boys.
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-She is the mother of my unborn child.
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Now that guy got put into prison though on Monday, he lost his case for thinking about his unborn child.
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And I believe that my home is with my mother, and my sister, and my unborn child, wherever that may be.
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The future of an innocent, unborn baby is in my hands.
Fiction book (1999) -
But when you start to think about your unborn child, I think people become a little more motivated.
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He'd sworn that he loved her, loved their unborn child, and wanted to marry her.
Fiction book (2001) -
What I'm trying to say is that I have in mind not only the security of the institution, but also the interest of the unborn child.
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What are the consequences of substance abuse for unborn children (child and human development)?
Academic text (1991) -
She is the mother of my unborn child.
Synonyms
A baby that is not yet born
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unborn is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word born, so it means 'not yet born'. That's why we use it for a child who is not yet born or for something that has not yet come into the world.