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unborn(dictionary)

unborn (iou)



unborn adjective & noun. OE.
[from UN-1 + BORN ppl adjective.]
A. adjective.
Not yet born; spec. (of a child) still in the womb; fig. not yet begun or in existence. OE.
I. Watts Nations unborn, and ages unbegun. New Internationalist Genetic testing had revealed her unborn child had cystic fibrosis.
Not having been born; never to be brought into existence. Chiefly pred. ME.
b. absol. as noun. Those who or that which is unborn. E19.
Here's Health Deaths..occurring mainly in the elderly..and the unborn.