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stillborn
adjective still·born \-ˈbȯrn\
of a baby : dead at birth
: never able to begin operating or proceeding
Full Definition of STILLBORN
1
: dead at birth
2
: failing from the start : abortive, unsuccessful <a stillborn venture>
— still·born \-ˌbȯrn\ noun
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First Known Use of STILLBORN
1593
Rhymes with STILLBORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
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stillborn
adjective still·born \-ˈbȯ(ə)rn\
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