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a·bor·tive
 abortive
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- pronunciation:
bor
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
failing to achieve a desired end; unsuccessful; fruitless.
Their abortive attack on the palace was a disaster for the rebels.- synonyms:
- fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful
- antonyms:
- fruitful, successful
- similar words:
- barren, bootless, futile, unavailing, useless, vain
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| definition 2: |
imperfectly or incompletely developed; rudimentary.
The professor was less than impressed with his young students' abortive essays.- synonyms:
- immature, rudimentary, unformed, unripe
- similar words:
- incomplete
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| definition 3: |
producing or intended to produce an abortion.
- synonyms:
- abortifacient
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| derivations: |
abortively (adv.), abortiveness (n.) |
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