Stillborn
adjective
A baby that is stillborn is born dead after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
She suffered the heartbreak of a stillborn child.
Often appears as...
- stillborn baby
- stillborn child
adjective
A plan or project that is stillborn is unsuccessful or fails from the beginning.
The proposal was stillborn, owing to the lack of support among the board members.
Often appears as...
- stillborn plan
- stillborn project
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
A baby that is stillborn is born dead after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
She suffered the heartbreak of a stillborn child.
Often appears as...
- stillborn baby
- stillborn child
adjective
A plan or project that is stillborn is unsuccessful or fails from the beginning.
The proposal was stillborn, owing to the lack of support among the board members.
Often appears as...
- stillborn plan
- stillborn project
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Sensitive Subject
The term is emotionally charged; handle discussions respectfully due to the sensitive nature of infant loss.
Please be delicate when discussing the stillborn crisis in communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or formal discussions about pregnancy and childbirth complications.
The nurse reported the case as stillborn to the medical board.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Miscarriage
Clearly differentiate stillborn from miscarriage, which occurs before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The doctor explained the difference between a miscarriage and a stillborn outcome.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensitive Subject
The term is emotionally charged; handle discussions respectfully due to the sensitive nature of infant loss.
Please be delicate when discussing the stillborn crisis in communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or formal discussions about pregnancy and childbirth complications.
The nurse reported the case as stillborn to the medical board.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Miscarriage
Clearly differentiate stillborn from miscarriage, which occurs before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The doctor explained the difference between a miscarriage and a stillborn outcome.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensitive Subject
The term is emotionally charged; handle discussions respectfully due to the sensitive nature of infant loss.
Please be delicate when discussing the stillborn crisis in communities.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Primarily used in medical or formal discussions about pregnancy and childbirth complications.
The nurse reported the case as stillborn to the medical board.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Miscarriage
Clearly differentiate stillborn from miscarriage, which occurs before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The doctor explained the difference between a miscarriage and a stillborn outcome.
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Anaconda Babies PIPE...
largest snakes in the world this trim down mother hasn't eaten in several months you'll have to excuse her if she dines on some of the eggs she's gotta eat something so she'll be strong enough to go out and hunt again some of her babies are stillborn she'll also eat
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The beauty of being a...
And the reason it nearly killed me with joy is that I'd never known a joy like that. I'd never been in a room like that. My mother never went to college. And my creative career to that point was a sort of small, sad, stillborn thing.
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Ugly History: Witch...
Though there was no evidence to support any of these claims, belief in witches became widespread. A witch hunt often began with a a failed harvest, a sick cow, or a stillborn child.
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Anaconda Babies PIPE...
largest snakes in the world this trim down mother hasn't eaten in several months you'll have to excuse her if she dines on some of the eggs she's gotta eat something so she'll be strong enough to go out and hunt again some of her babies are stillborn she'll also eat
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The beauty of being a...
And the reason it nearly killed me with joy is that I'd never known a joy like that. I'd never been in a room like that. My mother never went to college. And my creative career to that point was a sort of small, sad, stillborn thing.
Video examples
Ugly History: Witch...
Though there was no evidence to support any of these claims, belief in witches became widespread. A witch hunt often began with a a failed harvest, a sick cow, or a stillborn child.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when I was looking through her 'effects' after she had died. It was then that I discovered my original birth certificate, which indicated the previous birth.
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Abhinav Shukla
Indian Actor
Our short film 'Bareilly Ki Beti' is inspired from the incident which occurred in Bareilly, where a couple while digging a grave for their stillborn found a live baby girl buried two to three feet down. She was rushed to the hospital and she survived.
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David Jason
English Actor
I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo gave rise to a theory, much propounded in newspaper profiles, that my life has been one desperate effort to compensate for that stillborn brother.
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Maxine Kumin
American Poet
I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to scan. Sometimes that leads somewhere, and sometimes the Muse is just on sabbatical.
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James Brown
American Musician
I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
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Bonnie Tyler
Welsh Musician
I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn.
Quote examples
Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when I was looking through her 'effects' after she had died. It was then that I discovered my original birth certificate, which indicated the previous birth.
Quote examples
Abhinav Shukla
Indian Actor
Our short film 'Bareilly Ki Beti' is inspired from the incident which occurred in Bareilly, where a couple while digging a grave for their stillborn found a live baby girl buried two to three feet down. She was rushed to the hospital and she survived.
Quote examples
David Jason
English Actor
I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo gave rise to a theory, much propounded in newspaper profiles, that my life has been one desperate effort to compensate for that stillborn brother.
Quote examples
Maxine Kumin
American Poet
I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to scan. Sometimes that leads somewhere, and sometimes the Muse is just on sabbatical.
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James Brown
American Musician
I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
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Bonnie Tyler
Welsh Musician
I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn.
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