STILLBORN Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

stillborn

adjective

Definition of stillborn

as in deceased

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Recent Examples of stillborn Among those who spoke in court was Jasmine Beverley, whose son Sunny was stillborn on May 13, 2022. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 But the company was nearly stillborn when Brodeur-Urbas’ original founding partner quit out of the blue. — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Their own two sons had been stillborn, and Anne and Abel, now in their 40s, wanted badly to be parents. — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026 Only around 2 percent of births in seventeenth-century England were stillborn due to obstruction. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stillborn

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Adjective

According to a spokesperson with the county's Animal Enforcement Services, 28 pigeons, three goats, two chickens, and one duck were found deceased near Cottonwood Drive at Fargo Place along the South River Trail.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Upon arrival, officers located an adult male who was deceased.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceased

Adjective

The death of a 41-year-old homeless woman whose lifeless body was found on a hiking trail in an Upper Manhattan park has been ruled a homicide, cops said Friday.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Put simply, Norwood is the epitome of the AI industry getting high off its own supply, deluding itself into thinking that watching lifeless AI agents going through the motions on screen is something that anybody actually wants.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of lifeless

Adjective

The passenger, later identified as Daria Serkov, sustained severe trauma to the body and was pronounced dead.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Two people were shot and one is dead after an overnight shooting in Lauderdale Lakes, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of dead

Adjective

What’s now a polished lodge—two- and three-story wings along the shoreline, fishing boats named Eel Grass and Sea Wolf docked out front—was a defunct forestry homestead when the Nation bought it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
When the pandemic forced Lou Valente to close the doors at the now-defunct Southpaw Sushi, he was forced to pivot.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of defunct

Adjective

The backstory For most of my life, the Old Dutch Inn has been just a faint memory of kicking my legs from a bar stool, drinking a Shirley Temple next to my late grandmother, who would likely have been nursing a gin and tonic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
According to reports in September 2025, CATL’s European general manager Matt Shen informed that the company had been aiming to start production in late 2025 or early 2026.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of late

Adjective

The objectors' subsequent ululation echoed a requiem for a fallen hero--all over a time shift that accessing the PBS app avoids entirely.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Um Mohammad Adas, whose relatives were among those killed Wednesday, said the fallen building had become a shelter of last resort.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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