UNBORN Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

unborn

adjective

ˌən-ˈbȯrn

Definition of unborn

as in future

of a time after the present a home entertainment system that can be adapted for products as yet unborn

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Recent Examples of unborn Peterson was charged with killing her and their unborn son, Conner, when their bodies washed up months later in the San Francisco Bay. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Wildfire pollution has become an increasing proportion of the pollution that pregnant mothers and their unborn babies are exposed to. — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026 This heartbreaking poem has always struck me as not only being about the death of an unborn lamb, but also how violent and cruel the world can be. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 By the time Cameron came up with the idea for The Terminator — about a robot assassin sent back in time to kill the mother of humanity’s unborn savior — Wisher was growing more interested in screenwriting. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unborn

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future

Adjective

But rising bond yields make safer government debt more attractive relative to stocks, while also reducing the present value investors assign to companies’ future earnings.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
The 20-year-old was a bridge-between-regimes addition, as was Lukas Hornicek, who Newcastle’s data team identified as a future top-class goalkeeper.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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