stillborn
Dead at birthDead at birth.
» The child was stillborn.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Dead at birth.
1978, Holy Bible (New International Version), Job 3:16, Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
totgeboren
мертворождённыйmertvoroždjónnyj
мертвонаро́дженийmertvonaródženyj
(broadly, figuratively, not comparable)Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
мертворождённыйmertvoroždjónnyj, беспло́дныйbesplódnyj
мертвонаро́дженийmertvonaródženyj
- (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
- failing to accomplish an intended result
Examples
4 sentencesThe child was stillborn.
I had a stillborn baby three years ago.
ruТри года назад у меня был мертворожденный ребенок. — las
My botched sentence must be the stillborn child of an aborted copy and paste.
Rima gave birth to stillborns.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From English still + born. First attested in 1597.From English still + born. First attested in 1597.
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- failing to accomplish an intended result:abortiveunsuccessful