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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. failing to accomplish an intended result;
- Example: "an abortive revolt"
- Example: "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
[syn: abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful]

2. (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn;
- Example: "a stillborn baby"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stillborn \Still"born`\, a.
   1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stillborn
    adj 1: failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive
           revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
           [syn: abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful]
    2: (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not
       liveborn; "a stillborn baby"