Abortive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless: an abortive attempt to conclude the negotiations.
  • adj. Biology Partially or imperfectly developed: an abortive organ.
  • adj. Causing or meant to cause abortion; abortifacient.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing abortion; abortifacient
  • adj. Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
  • n. A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Produced by abortion; born prematurely.
  • adj. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
  • adj. Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
  • adj. Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
  • adj. Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile
  • adj.
  • adj. Causing abortion.
  • adj. Cutting short.
  • n. That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  • n. A fruitless effort or issue.
  • n. A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion; -- also called an abortifacient.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Brought forth in an imperfect condition; imperfectly formed or inadequately developed, as an animal or vegetable production; rudimentary.
  • Suppressed; kept imperfect; remaining rudimentary, or not advancing to perfection in form or function: a frequent use of the term in zoölogy. Compare vestigial.
  • Hence Not brought to completion or to a successful issue; failing; miscarrying; coming to nought: as, an abortive scheme.
  • In botany, defective; barren. A. Gray.
  • Producing nothing; chaotic; ineffectual.
  • In medicine, producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient: as, abortive drugs.
  • Deformed; monstrous.
  • n. That which is produced prematurely; an abortion; a monstrous birth.
  • n. A drug causing abortion; an abortifacient.
  • To cause to fail or miscarry.
  • To fail; perish; come to nought.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. failing to accomplish an intended result
    • Equivalent
    unfruitful   
    Cross Reference
    abortive vellum   
    Variant
    abortifacient   
    Form
    abortiveness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    miscarrying    fruitless    unsuccessful    rudimentary    sterile   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    supportive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unsuccessful    unavailing    ineffectual    pointless    sporadic   
     
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