stillborn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite failing to accomplish an intended result
    abortive; unsuccessful.
    • an abortive revolt
    • a stillborn plot to assassinate the President
  2. adjective satellite (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
    • a stillborn baby

WordNet

Still"born` adjective
Definitions
  1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
  2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. Swift.

Webster 1913