Deadborn

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Stillborn. dated, not-comparable, rare

    "Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots."

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stillbornstillborn

Example

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"Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots."

Etymology

From dead + born.

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