Unborn

Definition: Unborn

Unborn

Adjective

1. Not yet brought into existence; "unborn generations".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unborn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Destiny

Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing).

Inexistence

Unborn, uncreated, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade.

Innocence

Harmless; inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous; dove-like, lamb-like; pure, harmless as doves; innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn; "more sinned against than sinning".

Crosswords: Unborn

It's my own recipe-fillet of unborn octopus (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton)

Maybe every time you smoke a little doobie, you're killing our unborn children (The Good Girl; writing credit: Mike White)

N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes (Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

To My Unborn Son (1943)

Her Unborn Child (1930)

The Unborn (1916)

For Those Unborn (1914)

Unborn Baby Blues (1997)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Letters to an Unborn Child (reference)

• Nurturing the Unborn Child (reference)

• Praying for Your Unborn Child (reference)

• Stories of the Unborn Soul: The Mystery and Delight of Pre-Birth Communication (reference)

• The Miraculous World of Your Unborn Baby : A Week-by-Week Guide to Your Pregnancy (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Unborn (reference)

• The Unborn 2 (reference)

• Unborn (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Cries of the Unborn [IMPORT] (reference)

• Music for Unborn Children [IMPORT] (reference)

• Unborn Star (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A pregnant woman with syphilis can pass T. pallidum to her unborn child, who may be born with serious mental and physical problems as a result of this infection. When a newborn is affected it is known as “Congenital Syphilis”. Credit: CDC.

A "barefoot" doctor listens to the heartbeat of the unborn child. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud..

Women who smoke during pregnancy place their unborn child at risk. / WHO/American Cancer Society photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Don't Bottle-feed Your Unborn Child. : If You Are Pregnant, Don't Drink. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Drugs may harm your unborn baby. : Only take drugs your doctor prescribes. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

March of Dimes helps protect the unborn and the newborn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Family portrait -- now we are the ancestors of those who are yet unborn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Malaria poses a serious threat to both the pregnant woman and her unborn child. (references)

These antibodies can be transmitted to the unborn child and thus help fight the infection. (references)

Maternal chickenpox poses some risk to the unborn child, depending upon the stage of pregnancy during which the mother contracts the disease. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "unborn": as innocent as the child unborn ♦ generation yet unborn ♦ generations yet unborn ♦ innocent as the babe unborn. Additional references.

Ending with "unborn": as-yet-unborn.

Albanian

që s'ka lindur ende, i ardhshëm (coming, ensuing, forthcoming, future, next, prospective, proximate, To-be). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нероден (unbred), бъдещ (coming, elect, forward, future, prospective, ulterior, upcoming). (various references)

Czech

nenarozený, budoucí (designate, forthcoming, future, oncoming, prospective). (various references)

Danish

det ufødte barns rettigheder (right of the unborn children). (various references)

Dutch

recht van de ongeborenen (right of the unborn children), curator over de ongeboren vrucht (guardian to child unborn). (various references)

Farsi 

هنوززاده نشده , هنوزظاهرنشده , نزاده , نازاد, غیرمولد (Nonproductive). (various references)

Finnish

syntymätön. (various references)

French

qui n'est pas encore né. (various references)

German

ungeboren (unbornly). (various references)

Greek 

αγέννητοσ, αγέννητος. (various references)

Hungarian

meg nem született. (various references)

Indonesian

belum lahir. (various references)

Italian

nascituro (future child), futuro (coming, future, hereafter, next, prospective), ancora non nato. (various references)

Manx

neuruggit. (various references)

Pig Latin

ornunbay.(various references)

Portuguese

vindouro (coming, forthcoming), por nascer, futuro (after-days, coming, forthcoming, future, futurity, hereafter, prospective, to-be), ainda não nascido. (various references)

Romanian

viitor (after-time, forthcoming, future, futurity, likelihood, next, prospective), nenãscut. (various references)

Russian 

будущий (coming, forthcoming, future, next, prospective). (various references)

Scottish

sreathan (filmy skin covering unborn calf). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nerođen, budući (being, future). (various references)

Spanish

no nacido. (various references)

Swedish

kommande (comer, coming, forthcoming, future, next). (various references)

Turkish

müstakbel (future, intended, prospective), henüz doğmamış, doğmamış (unbegotten). (various references)

Ukrainian

що не народжений, майбутній (coming, future, next, oncoming, prospective, upcoming). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trong tương lai (future), chưa sinh sau này. (various references)

azâtanãm. (various references)

Misspellings

"Unborn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Enbourne, Guiburn, Nubern, Nutbourne, unban, unblown, unmorn, unvon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bourn.

-2 letters: born, bunn, burn, noun.

-3 letters: bro, bun, bur, nob, nor, nub, nun, orb, our, rob, rub, run, urb, urn.

-4 letters: bo, no, nu, on, or, un.

+2 letters: nonurban, nutbrown, unbroken, unrobing.

+3 letters: ironbound, nonrubber, suborning.

+4 letters: benzofuran, burgeoning, nondurable, northbound, outburning, rebounding.

+5 letters: benzofurans, bourgeoning, bourguignon, boutonniere, conurbation, nonburnable, nondurables, nonreusable, overburning, rebuttoning, subornation, unabsorbent, unignorable, unobservant.