1
: a child in the first period of life
2
: a person who is not of full age : minor
1
: intended for young children
infant clothes
2
: being in an early stage of development
an infant industry
3
: of, relating to, or being in infancy
Examples of infant in a Sentence
Noun
a study of health problems that can affect young infants
He showed us a picture of his infant daughter.
Adjective
She is an infant teacher.
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Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Detectives later learned the boy’s father, 27-year-old Elijah Jacobo, had taken the infant to a relative’s house in New Mexico and left him there, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2026
Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
The narrative pairs her with Sister Ying, a detective investigating a series of infant corpse cases where bodies are discovered sealed in luxury apartment walls.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Services include medical screenings, infant care packages as well as classrooms and recreational spaces, ICE said.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Detectives later learned the boy’s father, 27-year-old Elijah Jacobo, had taken the infant to a relative’s house in New Mexico and left him there, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
For decades, research into RSV had been stymied by past failures, leaving no way to prevent the thousands of infant respiratory deaths that occur worldwide every year.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
The narrative pairs her with Sister Ying, a detective investigating a series of infant corpse cases where bodies are discovered sealed in luxury apartment walls.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for infant
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infant. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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