a home entertainment system that can be adapted for products as yet unborn
Recent Examples on the WebYet the idea that 19th century lawmakers contemplated that unborn children could survive outside the womb as were the frozen embryos, and granted them legal rights is plainly absurd.—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 What’s unbelievable about the earlier case, the unborn child was surgically birthed uninjured and lived for nine days under health care specialists.—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 2 June 2024 Science indicates that an unborn child is a real thing.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024 The civil suit can be brought by the biological parents of the unborn child -- unless the pregnancy resulted from rape -- or the parent or legal guardian of the minor whose pregnancy was aborted.—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for unborn
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of unborn was
before the 12th century
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