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boarder baby

boarder baby noun: an infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.

Noun

boarder baby (plural boarder babies)

  1. An infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.
    • Boarder babies are both a cause and a result of foster care placement shortages.1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, The Enemy Within: Crack-cocaine and America's Families
    • Another facet of infant abandonment is boarder babies, which are babies who are medically cleared for discharge but incapable of leaving a hospital facility due to caregiver complications or legality issues […]2019, Mary de Chesnay, Barbara Anderson, Caring for the Vulnerable, page 343

Forms of boarder baby

pluralboarder babies

Questions about boarder baby

What does boarder baby mean?
Boarder baby means an infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.
What part of speech is boarder baby?
Boarder baby is a noun.
What is the plural of boarder baby?
The plural of boarder baby is boarder babies.

Words near boarder baby in the dictionary

  1. boarded out
  2. boarded up
  3. boarden
  4. boarder
  5. boarder babies
  6. boarder baby
  7. boarder cross
  8. boarder X
  9. boarder-cross
  10. boarder-X
  11. boardercross

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