unborn
Americanadjective
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not yet born; yet to come; future.
unborn generations.
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not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.
an unborn baby.
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existing without birth or beginning.
adjective
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not yet born or brought to birth
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still to come in the future
the unborn world
Etymology
Origin of unborn
before 900; Middle English; Old English unbornen. See un- 1, born
Example Sentences
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Four of the fraud charges involved falsely presenting ashes to women as the remains of their unborn children.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Another said she was denied treatment for hepatitis B, even after doctors told her she could develop liver cancer and pass the infection on to her unborn daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Edmund Burke described society as a partnership between the living, the dead and the unborn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A mother and her unborn twins miraculously survived after a metal pole fell off a truck on a Southern California freeway, pierced her car windshield and struck her in the stomach, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
It has to kill the girls inside to even step into the office, because she wrote, “With the death of my unborn child, part of me died.”
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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