| ADJECTIVE | all | stillborn, abortive, unsuccessful | failing to accomplish / accomplish an intended result |
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| all | stillborn | (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth |
| Sounds | stih'lbao'rn | |
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| Rhymes | acorn ... worn: 45 rhymes with aorn... | |
| Meaning | failing to accomplish / accomplish an intended result. | |
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| Example | "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" | |
| Synonyms | abortive, unsuccessful | |
| Broader | unfruitful | not fruitful |
| Spanish | abortivo, fallido, fracasado, frustrado, ineficaz, infructuoso, malogrado | |
| Catalan | abortiu, abortiva, avortat, avortiu, avortiva, fallit, fracassat, ineficaç, infructuós, malmès | |
| Meaning | (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn. | |
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| Example | "a stillborn baby" | |
| Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
| Spanish | mortinato | |
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