unborn
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unborn
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born.
adjective
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Not yet born; yet to come; future.
Similar: coming
- 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.
- Existing without birth or beginning.
noun unborns
- 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.
- Unborn offspring collectively. Inheritance law allows property to be left to the unborn.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unhatched, birth, pregnancy, foetal, foetus, fetal, fetus, embryo, forthcoming, future, prenatal, antenatal, embryonic, preborn, expected, impending
Translations
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adj not born
| 日本語 | まだ生まれていない mada umarete inai |
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| 中文 | 未出生的 wèi chūshēng de |
| Português | futuro |
| Deutsch | ungeboren |
| Italiano | nascituro |
| Ελληνικά | αγέννητος agénnitos |
| Русский | нерождённый neroždjónnyj, нероди́вшийся nerodívšijsja |
adj still in mother's womb
| Português | não-nascido |
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| Français | à naître |
| Deutsch | ungeboren |
| Ελληνικά | αγέννητος agénnitos |
adj without beginning
| Ελληνικά | αγέννητος agénnitos |
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Talk about this word "unborn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unborn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unborn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unborn "unborn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unborn.Cite this
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