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aborning

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a·born·ing  (-bôrnng)
adv.
While coming into being or being created: "Our own revolutionary war almost died aborning through lack of popular support" (William Randolph Hearst, Jr.)
adj.
Coming into being or being created.
aborning [əˈbɔːnɪŋ]
adv
US while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning)
[from a-2 + borning, from born]
Translations
aborning (US)
adv to die aborning (project, idea) → noch vor seiner/ihrer etc Durchführung scheitern
adj to be aborning → im Entstehen begriffen sein
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