Definitions for: Stillborn

[adj] (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"
[adj] failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

Webster (1913) Definition: Still"born`, a.
1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. --Swift.

Synonyms: abortive, dead, unfruitful, unsuccessful