stillborn
adjective
still·born
ˈstil-ˈbȯrn 
1
: dead at birth
2
: failing from the start : abortive, unsuccessful
a stillborn venture
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Laura also wears three rings to represent her two living children and one stillborn baby, whom the world will never know.
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Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
In one distressing scene, local journalist Colin James visits the Woomera cemetery in Maralinga, and counts the graves of 22 stillborn babies and 34 infants who died before their first birthday.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Less than two weeks before Jones’ stillbirth in Texas, Minnesota mother Kate Braun also delivered a stillborn boy at term.
—Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 2 July 2024
Their descriptions of stillborn babies are similar; both use creatures like insects and turtles as metaphors for the migrants’ plight.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
In one distressing scene, local journalist Colin James visits the Woomera cemetery in Maralinga, and counts the graves of 22 stillborn babies and 34 infants who died before their first birthday.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Less than two weeks before Jones’ stillbirth in Texas, Minnesota mother Kate Braun also delivered a stillborn boy at term.
—Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 2 July 2024
Their descriptions of stillborn babies are similar; both use creatures like insects and turtles as metaphors for the migrants’ plight.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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stillborn
adjective
still·born
-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
: dead at birth
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