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Synonyms for abortive
əˈbɔr tɪv
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Princeton's WordNet
abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful(adj)
failing to accomplish an intended result
"an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
Synonyms:
unsuccessful, stillbornAntonyms:
fruitful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
abortive
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Synonyms:
baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthlessAntonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy
Editors Contribution
infructuous
fruitless
The disqualification case is now set to become infructuous.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abortive(a.)
Synonyms:
miscarrying, failing, untimely, immatureabortive(a.)
Synonyms:
unavailing, vain, fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, profitless, futile, unprofitable, idle, nugatory, in vain, of no account
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abortive(a)
Synonyms:
unsuccessful, unavailing, miscarrying, frustrate, ineffectual, rudimentary, undeveloped, sterile, imperfect
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "abortive":
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#2578 | null | |
#2593 | failed | |
#2964 | empty | |
#9013 | idle | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#15690 | vain | |
#17103 | unsuccessful | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#26975 | futile | |
#27078 | aborted | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#67187 | stillborn | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#72180 | abortive | |
#90731 | unsatisfying | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#131299 | unserviceable | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#244598 | unsubstantial | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#291737 | profitless |
How to use abortive in a sentence?
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.
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.
Hope is a river full of expectations or anticipations. Therefore, do dive into it and 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 is a matter of time. But contrariwise, a hopeless life is likely to emerge a worthless life. So, be hopeful and remain hopeful for life and never hopeless. -Emeasoba George
Translations for abortive
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- سقطArabic
- abortiu, avortiu, abortiva, avortivaCatalan, Valencian
- abbrechen, Interruptio, abtreibend, Abtreibung, rudimentär, erfolglos, abgetrieben, Abort, Abtreibungsmittel, unvollkommen, wirkungslos, ErfolglosigkeitGerman
- abortaEsperanto
- abortivo, frustrado, fracasado, malogradoSpanish
- بی نتیجهPersian
- निष्फलHindi
- avbrutt, abortiv, fruktløsNorwegian
- nieudanyPolish
- abortivo, amblótico, abortífero, abortoPortuguese
- abortivRomanian
- بدقسمتیUrdu
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