accidents of birth
accidents of birth is the plural of accident of birth.
Meaning of accident of birth
Noun
accident of birth (plural accidents of birth)
- A fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.
- [H]e said to himself that he was a very good-looking man, and could have adorned a much higher sphere in life than that in which the accident of birth had placed him.1899, Charles W. Chesnutt, “Uncle Wellington's Wives”, in The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories
Questions about accidents of birth
- What is accidents of birth the plural of?
- Accidents of birth is the plural of accident of birth.
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