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Stillborn

adjective

Failing to accomplish an intended result. Synonyms: abortive, unsuccessful. "A stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn.

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... Beatrice spent three hours in prayer in the church of St. Maria delle Grazie, and the same night gave birth to a stillborn child. In a few hours she passed away, and from that moment Ludovico was a changed man. He went daily to see her tomb, and ...

— Leonardo da Vinci • Maurice W. Brockwell

Words linked to "Stillborn" : dead, abortive, unsuccessful, unfruitful