stillborn

Definition

Dead at birth.

Etymology

From English still + born. First attested in 1597.

Example Sentences

• "Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son."
• "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?"
• "This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market."