abortive
IPA: ʌbˈɔrtɪv
noun
- (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
- (obsolete) A fruitless effort.
- (obsolete) A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.
- (obsolete) A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
adjective
- (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
- (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
- (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
- (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
- (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
- Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
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Examples of "abortive" in Sentences
- The attempt was abortive.
- The movement quickly proved abortive.
- The mission ultimately proved abortive.
- The abortive effort ended in bankruptcy.
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