stillborn > define

adjective

• Failing to accomplish an intended result.
  • usage: "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
  • synonyms: abortive, unsuccessful
• Of newborn infant. ( showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn)
  • usage: "a stillborn baby"

• (a.) Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.
• (a.) Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.