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Synonyms
Example Sentences
an abortive attempt to recover the sunken pirate ship
Recent Examples on the Web In August 1991, hard-liners in the government launched an abortive coup d'etat. 
William Welch And Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Flu-like symptoms such as headache, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, fever and fatigue are characteristics of abortive polio. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 July 2022 Even Ester’s vegetarianism crumbles in the course of their abortive courtship. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Asha Sharma, who had been in charge of Meta’s messaging apps, also headed for the exits, as did David Marcus, who had run Meta’s nascent efforts in building payments technology, including its abortive crypto currency project. Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 2 June 2022 Prior to the 19th century, people in what is now the U.S. engaged in a wide range of largely unregulated and culturally specific abortive practices. Treva B. Lindsey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2022 The Ukrainian military's general staff said Friday that its forces repelled 11 attacks in the Donbas region and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles, further frustrating Putin's ambitions after his abortive attempt to seize Kyiv. Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2022 That lack of infantry, so evident during Russia’s abortive attempt to occupy Kyiv early in the current campaign, means that an attacking Russian force often struggles to defend its rear. David Axe, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The ads were signed by none other than Donald Trump as part of his abortive presidential campaign. Craig Unger, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
William Welch And Jorge Ortiz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Flu-like symptoms such as headache, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, fever and fatigue are characteristics of abortive polio. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 July 2022 Even Ester’s vegetarianism crumbles in the course of their abortive courtship. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Asha Sharma, who had been in charge of Meta’s messaging apps, also headed for the exits, as did David Marcus, who had run Meta’s nascent efforts in building payments technology, including its abortive crypto currency project. Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 2 June 2022 Prior to the 19th century, people in what is now the U.S. engaged in a wide range of largely unregulated and culturally specific abortive practices. Treva B. Lindsey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2022 The Ukrainian military's general staff said Friday that its forces repelled 11 attacks in the Donbas region and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles, further frustrating Putin's ambitions after his abortive attempt to seize Kyiv. Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2022 That lack of infantry, so evident during Russia’s abortive attempt to occupy Kyiv early in the current campaign, means that an attacking Russian force often struggles to defend its rear. David Axe, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The ads were signed by none other than Donald Trump as part of his abortive presidential campaign. Craig Unger, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English abortyffe, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French abbortif, borrowed from Latin abortīvus, from abortus, past participle of aborīrī "to miscarry, abort entry 1" + -īvus -ive
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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