What is another word for abortive?
179 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐbˈɔːtɪv], [ ɐbˈɔːtɪv], [ ɐ_b_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_v]Table of Contents
Similar words for abortive:- all (adjective)
- failing to achieve a goal (adjective)
- fruitless (adjective)
- futile (adjective)
- idle (adjective)
- premature (adjective)
- undeveloped (adjective)
- unsuccessful (adjective)
- untimely (adjective)
- unusable (adjective)
- useless (adjective)
- vain (adjective)
- abortive (noun)
- other synonyms
- unseasonable
Definition for Abortive:
Synonyms for Abortive:
adj.
•all (adjective) •failing to achieve a goal (adjective) •fruitless (adjective)- wild goose chase,
- in-fertile,
- un prolific,
- most profitless,
- spinning wheels,
- more unprolific,
- most gainless,
- un profitable,
- un productive,
- un-fruitful,
- spinning ones wheels,
- un-availing,
- un-available,
- un fruitful,
- un-profitable,
- most unprolific,
- spinning one wheels,
- un availing,
- sterile,
- un available,
- more gainless,
- in fertile,
- profitless,
- un-prolific,
- un-productive,
- more profitless.
- out window,
- more resultless,
- un satisfactory,
- save one breath,
- un important,
- un substantial,
- trifling,
- un-real,
- un-important,
- un-substantial,
- more impracticable,
- in-sufficient,
- un-needed,
- un-satisfactory,
- save ones breath,
- save breath,
- most resultless,
- insufficient,
- in sufficient,
- trivial,
- un needed.
- irrelevant,
- in-significant,
- un helpful,
- most unhelpful,
- un-necessary,
- un necessary,
- idler,
- in significant,
- un-helpful,
- more unhelpful.
- early on,
- more oversoon,
- pre maturer,
- un ripest,
- pre-developed,
- over-soon,
- most overearly,
- more unfledged,
- in-opportune,
- in-complete,
- over early,
- more predeveloped,
- un-riper,
- pre-maturest,
- soonest,
- most unfledged,
- un-ripe,
- over soon,
- most oversoon,
- un-ripest,
- pre mature,
- pre-mature,
- un ripe,
- un-anticipated,
- over-early,
- un anticipated,
- more overearly,
- un riper,
- in complete,
- most predeveloped,
- pre maturest,
- pre-maturer,
- pre developed,
- un-fledged,
- most unanticipated,
- more unanticipated,
- in opportune,
- un fledged.
- counterproductive,
- disastrous,
- finished,
- foiled,
- botched,
- ailing,
- unmet,
- unrealized,
- pointless,
- d.o.a.,
- tin-pot,
- losing,
- slack,
- thwarted,
- belly up,
- manque,
- washed-up,
- bottom,
- unfulfilled,
- sickly,
- frustrated,
- bungled.
- too late,
- anachronistic,
- too early,
- badly timed,
- out of date,
- bright and early,
- ill-timed,
- illtimed,
- ill timed,
- mistimed.
n.
•abortive (noun)Other synonyms:
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- patchy,
- light touch,
- cursory.
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- partial,
- unfinished,
- unfavorable,
- sketchy,
- undone.
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- pending,
- outstanding,
- incomplete.
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- superficial.
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- passing.
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- rough.
Paraphrases for Abortive:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
failed.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
futile, vain, attempted, frustrated, disappointing, disastrous.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
unsuccessful, Aborted, foiled.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Abortive:
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adj.
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failing to achieve a goal
consummated, successful, effectual, fruitful, productive, complete, profitable, efficient.
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Other antonyms:
virtuous, competent, deadly, real, applicable, sufficient, practical, worthy, adequate, sound, beneficial, realizable, valid, expedient, functional, feasible, useful, practicable, solid, meaningful, substantial, usable, serviceable, workable, worthwhile, advantageous, powerful, valuable.
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failing to achieve a goal
Abortive Sentence Examples:
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On Friday night there was an abortive sortie at Clamart.
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Once more the rapid combinations of Napoleon had rendered all the efforts of the Austrian cabinet abortive.
