What is another word for abortive?

Pronunciation: [ɐbˈɔːtɪv] (IPA)

Abortive is an adjective that is often used to describe actions or attempts that have been unsuccessful or have failed to achieve their intended outcome. Some synonyms for abortive include fruitless, futile, ineffective, inefficacious, unsuccessful, unproductive, vain, and worthless. Other possible synonyms include incomplete, premature, partial, inoperative, deficient, unfulfilled, and insufficient. These words all convey the notion that something has been attempted or started, but that it has not succeeded or has not been able to progress to its full potential. When used in a sentence, these synonyms can help to convey the idea that an action or attempt has failed to achieve its desired outcome, despite best efforts and intentions.

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What are the opposite words for abortive?

Abortive means something that fails to accomplish its intended purpose or is unsuccessful. Antonyms for the word abortive include fruitful, successful, productive, thriving, effective and flourishing. A fruitful action brings about positive results, while a successful one achieves its intended goal. Productive implies something that yields beneficial results or contributes towards prosperity. Thriving denotes a state of continuous growth and development, while effective implies that the desired outcome is achieved through appropriate means. Finally, flourishing implies that something is experiencing a strong period of growth or success. These words provide a glimmer of hope for those facing difficulty in achieving their goals by illustrating that success is always possible.

Usage examples for Abortive

This abortive attempt, however, was far from useless: it taught humility and patience to the leader, and it pressed the nation together, as in a vice, by the weight of a common burden, now become intolerable.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
But in the year following she was engaged in negotiations with the Papacy as fruitful as these had been abortive.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
During the abortive attempt at a constitutional policy, the survivors of the party of Mitchel and Lalor were not idle.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry

Famous quotes with Abortive

  • I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.
    Joseph Lancaster
  • Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.
    William Hazlitt
  • Hope is a river full of expectations or anticipations. Therefore, do dive into it and do swim as long as you live. Even if whatever you are doing presently seems abortive. For, surely a hopeful life is bound to be a successful life. Yes! It's a matter of time. But contrariwise, a hopeless life is likely to emerge a worthless life. So, be and remain hopeful for life and not at all hopeless.
    Emeasoba George
  • Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the machinery of another, can only end in an indefinite series of abortive efforts. Defeated by the utter want of proportion between the means and the end, such attempts might produce martyrs, but never lead to victory.
    Giuseppe Mazzini
  • We seek to terrorize them, as they seek to terrorize us. As the anarchist believes that oppression may be ended by the murder of the oppressor, so society cherishes the thought that anarchism may be ended by the murder of the anarchist.can any man doubt that both are equally futile and senselessstupid and abortive,they lead to results diametrically opposed to the ends sought.
    Robert Hunter (author)

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