abortiveadjective
uk/əˈbɔː.tɪv/us/əˈbɔːr.t̬ɪv/formalAn abortive attempt or plan has to be stopped because it has failed:
He made two abortive attempts on the French throne.
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- crowning
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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