Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: abortive
IPA transcription: [əb'ɔɹtɪv]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful
    Meaning: failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
Usage examples
  • My advice and expostulations with my sons were abortive; and year after year their disaffection for each other increased.
  • Can they have been once a single planet broken up? or are they rather an abortive attempt at a planet never yet formed into one?
  • If all their efforts to procure rain prove abortive, they will remember that such and such a twin was buried in a dry place on the side of a hill.