Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrongful birth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: wrong-ful birth
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

wrongful births (plural)

Questions

What does wrongful birth mean?: A lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.

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