unborn

[ uhn-bawrn ]

adjective

1. not yet born; yet to come; future:

   unborn generations.

2. not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb:

   an unborn baby.

3. existing without birth or beginning.

unborn

/ ʌnˈbɔːn /

adjective

1. not yet born or brought to birth
2. still to come in the future

   the unborn world

Word History and Origins

Origin of unborn¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English unbornen. See un- ¹, born

Example Sentences

Because, see, Igarashi’s mother and father not only surfed in Japan before moving to the United States but also claim to have moved precisely to give their unborn child the best possible shot at becoming a professional surfer.

From Outside Online

It’s a moderately effective horror movie with a much better, creepier and more nuanced one nestled invisibly alongside, the unborn twin ghost of a movie that might have been.

From Time

No polio worries, no damage to unborn children from viruses such as measles.

From Science News

That’s what some are wondering about after a model from his hit MTV series Wild N’ Out shared the name she has in mind for her unborn son, and Cannon was the surname.

From Essence.com

The “sanctuary city for the unborn” movement, which borrows from the language of the movement for the rights of undocumented immigrants, began in 2019.

From Washington Post

There is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter.

From The Daily Beast

The letter attacks Braley for having “willingly voted for extreme measures that threaten the lives of unborn children.”

From The Daily Beast

They fear for their unborn child, a baby girl who will be born into a family with no belongings, no money, and little food.

From The Daily Beast

Zaun, who was starting to look like the favorite, took the stage to cheers and vowed “I will spill my blood to save the unborn.”

From The Daily Beast

He understood that her unborn child was at the center of her struggle.

From The Daily Beast

I seemed to be a creature out of a remote unborn age, centuries hence, and even that was as real as the rest!

From Project Gutenberg

And if you knew the mystery of the building up—why, the growth of an unborn child is more wonderful than you can conceive.

From Project Gutenberg

Gilliatt had discovered this, although he knew nothing of the dead Vitruvius or of the still unborn Weston.

From Project Gutenberg

His first feeling now was one of pity for the untimely fate of these gentle ewes and their unborn lambs.

From Project Gutenberg

The sky was leaden, lowering, sinister, pregnant with unborn snow.

From Project Gutenberg