onlyborn

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onlyborn

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From only + born.

adjective

  1. not comparable Born as the only child in a family, flock, or the like. An onlyborn parent who is level has plenty of good qualities: He tends to be self-reliant.

noun onlyborns

  1. The only child to be born to a parent or family. One of the most extensive studies ever undertaken tracked more than three thousand high school students — half were onlyborns, half had one sibling — for a twenty-year period.

    Similar: only child

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noun only child

Españolunigénito, unigénita

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@misc{onlyborn_2026,
  title = {onlyborn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onlyborn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}