stillborn
dead when born.
ineffectual from the beginning; abortive; fruitless: a stillborn plan of escape.
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Unable to survive the damage to the placenta, many babies were stillborn.
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen. | by Duaa Eldeib | August 4, 2022 | ProPublicaIn the wilds of Kenya, elephant researcher Joyce Poole says she watched as one refused to leave the body of her stillborn calf for two days.
In a Legal First, a Court Will Decide if an Elephant Deserves the Same Rights as a Person | Melissa Chan | October 21, 2021 | TimeAccording to animal experts, it is not uncommon for cheetahs to have stillborn cubs.
Watch a cheetah cub get bottle-fed at National Zoo’s sister facility | Dana Hedgpeth | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostSukiri ate her two stillborn cubs, which is “not unusual for a carnivore and in line with wild female cheetah behavior as a dead cub invites predators,” officials said in a statement.
Watch a cheetah cub get bottle-fed at National Zoo’s sister facility | Dana Hedgpeth | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostHospitals used to whisk stillborn babies away from their parents, but they now recognize the importance of memories in grieving.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend publicly grieve the death of baby Jack | Ellen McGirt | October 1, 2020 | Fortune
Another baby, stillborn, Huntsman told police, was also found.
Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First | Steve Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, it was stillborn, never getting a chance to move from idea into action.
RIP: Obama’s Grand Bargain With the GOP on Entitlements | John Avlon | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne day… Jenna Petro Antigo, Wisconsin Our baby, Amy, was stillborn 32 years ago, and we still think of her every day.
Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials | Brandy Zadrozny | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnonymous Our daughter, Alyson, was stillborn at full term with no indication of any problems in 2008.
Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials | Brandy Zadrozny | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer roommate had had a stillborn baby and my mother felt sad for her.
Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials | Brandy Zadrozny | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is the mother of a stillborn child, whose body is to be thrown in the river.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyYour thoughts now struggle for birth, but are fated to die stillborn, while the foe laughs you in the face.
The Young Priest's Keepsake | Michael PhelanThe fire department died stillborn; but the police force promptly asserted itself.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.Mary was born in 1516 and survived, but all the children who came afterwards were either stillborn or died in early infancy.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) | Thomas M. LindsayWebber did his best to rise to this embryonic flirtation, but it died stillborn in nods and smiles for want of an interpreter.
Savage Island | Basil C. Thomson
British Dictionary definitions for stillborn
/ (ˈstɪlˌbɔːn) /
(of a fetus) dead at birth
(of an idea, plan, etc) fruitless; abortive; unsuccessful
a stillborn fetus or baby
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