unborn

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United States

Not yet born; yet to come; future.

adjective

1
Not yet born; yet to come; future.
2
Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.
Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
3
Existing without birth or beginning.

Etymology

From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born.

noun

1
A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.
Whereas the lack of a child brings shame upon Anna and Joachim, the converse holds true for Mary: the existence of an unborn in the womb of a woman who is supposed to be a virgin causes great scandal.
2
Unborn offspring collectively.
Inheritance law allows property to be left to the unborn.

Forms

plural: unborns

unbearable · So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.unbelievable · Not to be believed.unbelievably · In a manner that one does not or cannot believe.

unborn · Not yet born; yet to come; future.

uncanny · Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural);…uncertain · Not certain; unsure.uncertainty · Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

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