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

Historical Artist of the Year Honoring a deceased artist who is the subject of a major museum survey that offers a new lens with which to examine their work.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
In the same month Netflix released Train Dreams, the film version of Denis Johnson’s revered short novel about a logger whose deceased baby daughter visits him in the form of a wolf.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceased

Adjective

There’s so much premeditation and passion into doing that, and to actually play that with no music and just the sound and the banality of a lifeless body being hit by some blunt instrument is very viscerally upsetting.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
The offense was lifeless, the stats were ugly, and NFL legends are running out of patience with the former golden boy.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of lifeless

Adjective

Stroud was pronounced dead in the Sam’s Club parking lot, according to Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s records.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
The state was dead last in the report’s affordability category, a ranking driven by housing costs.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of dead

Adjective

Lively had been with Sloane for more than two decades, dating to the early days of her acting career when Sloane was a senior rep at the now-defunct firm BWR.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
This type of interference can effectively render a targeted spacecraft defunct, blocking critical military navigation and intel.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of defunct

Adjective

Her middle name, Hepler, was Lowe’s late mother’s maiden name and is his brother Rob Lowe’s middle name, per People.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with their daughter.

— TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 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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