STILLBORN


Meaning of STILLBORN in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

1. : dead at birth

a stillborn child

— compare live-born

2. : failing from the start : disappointing all expectations : abortive , unsuccessful

a stillborn novel

their first scheme died stillborn — J.W.Poling

this stillborn treaty marked the failure of Germany to set up a new pattern of alliances — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( plural stillborn or stillborns )

: one that is stillborn

antigens obtained from infants and stillborns — Year Book of Urology

the greatest resuscitator of the stillborn known to dramatic art — Everybody's Magazine

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.