unborn baby

collocation in English

meaningsofunbornandbaby

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unborn
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈbɔːn/us
/ʌnˈbɔːrn/
not yet born; in the ...
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baby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.bi/us
/ˈbeɪ.bi/
a very young child, especially one that has not yet begun to walk ...
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(Definition ofunbornandbabyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many parents fantasise about theirunbornbabyand how the baby's future will be.
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Where anunbornbabyis over a certain age, we have to ask ourselves about its feelings, its identity and its receptivity.
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Can anyone really assert that anunbornbabyof 28 weeks has a smaller life force than a paralysed octogenarian in a wheelchair?
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Anunbornbabyis a baby nevertheless.
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I cannot emphasise too strongly that the issue at stake is this: under what circumstances should it be lawful to deprive anunbornbabyof life?
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Half of the sculpture shows the internal anatomy of the pregnant woman, with theunbornbabyclearly visible.
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Herunbornbabywould have a label proclaiming his race to the world.
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Salene, afraid for the life of herunbornbaby, agrees to follow their orders but suffers a miscarriage after falling down the stairs.
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Three weeks later it was announced that herunbornbabywas developing normally.
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It concerns the attack and home-invasion of a young pregnant woman by a mysterious stranger who seeks to take herunbornbaby.
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She and herunbornbabyare presumed dead.
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She believes the ghost wants to hurt herunbornbaby.
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Theunbornbabygrows at an alarming rate.
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He knows she would choose the life of herunbornbabyover her own life.
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It is capable of producing fetal-like movement as if the wearer felt anunbornbabymove.
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Other examples of political framing frequently employed in this context are:unbornbaby, unborn child, and pre-born child.
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She left the area with herunbornbaby.
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However, certain seafood might contain levels of mercury that may cause harm to anunbornbaby(and especially its brain development and nervous system).
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