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abortiveness|əˈbɔːtɪvnɪs| [f. abortive a. + -ness.] The quality of being abortive; unproductiveness, fruitlessness, state of failure.
1657Winthorpe in Burton's Diary (1828) II. 268 We were well warned by the abortiveness of another Bill as good. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Abuses in Phys. 52 At the Abortiveness and irrationality of which Recipe who is able enough to admire? 1865W. G. Palgrave Centr. Arabia I. 314 Plans and schemes..destined to lasting abortiveness. |