stillborn
adjective
still·born
ˈstil-ˈbȯrn 
1
: dead at birth
2
: failing from the start : abortive, unsuccessful
a stillborn venture
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Shortly after arriving, Anya went into the bathroom and delivered the stillborn baby alone, blood hemorrhaging from her body onto the floor and the umbilical cord dangling and still attached to her lifeless daughter.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
King offers this option in her funeral home, oftentimes for parents who gave birth to a stillborn baby.
—Sabina Wex, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Doctors face decades in prison for doing their job, 10-year-olds are forced to give birth and women are forced to carry stillborn fetuses to term.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Both fetuses were located by the driver and were stillborn, according to the medical examiner’s office, WBAL-TV reported.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
King offers this option in her funeral home, oftentimes for parents who gave birth to a stillborn baby.
—Sabina Wex, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Doctors face decades in prison for doing their job, 10-year-olds are forced to give birth and women are forced to carry stillborn fetuses to term.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Both fetuses were located by the driver and were stillborn, according to the medical examiner’s office, WBAL-TV reported.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
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stillborn
adjective
still·born
-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
: dead at birth
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