unborn

[uhn-bawrn] Origin

un·born

[uhn-bawrn]
adjective
1.
not yet born; yet to come; future: unborn generations.
2.
not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb: an unborn baby.
3.
existing without birth or beginning.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English unbornen. See un-1, born
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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unborn (ʌnˈbɔːn)
 
adj
1.  not yet born or brought to birth
2.  still to come in the future: the unborn world

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unborn
O.E. unboren "not yet born, stillborn," from un- (1) "not" + born. Cf. O.Fris. unbern, Du. ongeboren, O.H.G. ungiporan, Ger. ungeboren.
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