Once and Unborn

Once

Once adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: the once child star is now a lawyer in the entertainment industry

Unborn is an antonym for once.

Unborn

Unborn adjective - Of a time after the present.

Once is an antonym for unborn.

Both words in one sentence

  • Imperiled in Pregnancy Amy is once kidnapped while pregnant because the Silence's boss thinks that her unborn child could be a Time Lord.
  • Angry at her mother for dying and angry that the unborn Ivy would get to live the life that she never would, she killed herself once Ivy was born.
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