1
: not born : not brought into life
her unborn child
2
: still to appear : future
3
: existing without birth
Examples of unborn in a Sentence
a home entertainment system that can be adapted for products as yet unborn
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Six innocent people, including an unborn baby, died in three separate pursuits throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties this week.
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Tom Wait, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The Latin Grammy winner and model Nadia Ferreira — his fourth wife, for those keeping tracking at home — are expecting again and just announced the gender of their unborn baby.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Matthew Farwell, also an ex-Stoughton police officer, has also been charged with causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn child, according to court documents.
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Preciado was found guilty of all three counts of capital murder for the deaths of Soto, 18, and Guerra, 22, and their unborn child, Fabian.
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Tom Wait, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The Latin Grammy winner and model Nadia Ferreira — his fourth wife, for those keeping tracking at home — are expecting again and just announced the gender of their unborn baby.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Matthew Farwell, also an ex-Stoughton police officer, has also been charged with causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn child, according to court documents.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Preciado was found guilty of all three counts of capital murder for the deaths of Soto, 18, and Guerra, 22, and their unborn child, Fabian.
—Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Unborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unborn. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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unborn
adjective
un·born
ˌən-ˈbȯ(ə)rn 
: not born
Medical Definition
unborn
adjective
un·born
-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
: not yet born : existing in utero
unborn children
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