stillborn

adjective

Definition of stillbornnext
as in deceased

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Recent Examples of stillborn On Monday, June 22, the podcast host and widow of The Wanted's Tom Parker, 36, appeared on the British morning show This Morning and shared heartbreaking details about giving birth in June 2025 to her son Phoenix, who was stillborn, with her partner Will Lindsay. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026 Only around 2 percent of births in seventeenth-century England were stillborn due to obstruction. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 As a writer for Nylon explained in 2018, Arabella is the same name as John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s first daughter, who was stillborn. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 June 2026 The theatrical equivalent of the images ChatGPT and its competitors spit out, soulless and inert, arriving on stage stillborn? — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stillborn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stillborn
  1. deceased
  2. lifeless
  3. gone
  4. dying
  5. dead
  6. defunct
  7. late
  8. fallen
Adjective
  • The missing swimmer was found deceased in the water after several hours of searching.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Lindsay and Palmer-Tomkinson were both flown to a local hospital in Davos, where Lindsay was declared deceased.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of deceased
Adjective
  • The Dodgers have looked lifeless at the plate and vulnerable on the mound while losing eight of their past nine.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026
  • He was surrounded by family, twelve sets of hands holding his lifeless body, sending him onward with heartache and love and stunned disbelief.
    — Dr. Lucy McBride, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifeless
Adjective
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of gone
Adjective
  • What’s the vibe for you, post-dying?
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of dying
Adjective
  • Officers found Tran, 26, slumped over his steering wheel and pronounced him dead at the scene.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • When agents arrived, headcount stopped meaning anything, and everyone assumed the business was dead.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dead
Adjective
  • The Dania Beach headquarters campus that once served as the nerve center of now-defunct Spirit Airlines has been sold to a Boston hedge fund that served as the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy court auction.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When one engine says something the others do not—an old title, a defunct affiliation, a dismissed lawsuit, a company the executive left—that is where the containment work has to happen.
    — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of defunct
Adjective
  • Their bullpen, anchored by Raisel Iglesias and featuring multiple left-handers, offers crucial late-game relief.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of late
Adjective
  • Blizzard explains that wild oyster mushrooms can be found on either fallen or dead trees, unlike other mushroom species that prefer live trees.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In July, the Pentagon completed a monthslong review of the incident, and Army leaders briefed families of the fallen soldiers on their findings.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fallen

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