how to pronounce stillborn

/ˈstɪlˈbɔːɹn/

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stillborn is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of stillborn in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… would bring home stillborn fetuses for …”

meanings of stillborn

adjective:

Dead at birth.
Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.

noun:

A baby that is born dead.

stillborn frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word stillborn occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics stillborn can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that stillborn can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;