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stillborn

DEFINITIONS OF: stillborn

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adj (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn

“a stillborn baby”
Synonyms
dead
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

adj failing to accomplish an intended result

“a stillborn plot to assassinate the President”
Synonyms:
abortive, unsuccessful
unfruitful
not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
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