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