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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bor•tive /əˈbɔrtɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - failing to succeed;
unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bor•tive (ə bôr′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - failing to succeed;
unsuccessful:an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme. - born prematurely.
- imperfectly developed;
rudimentary. - Medicine
- producing or intended to produce abortion;
abortifacient. - acting to halt progress of a disease.
- Pathology(of the course of a disease) short and mild without the usual, pronounced clinical symptoms.
- Botany(of seeds or pollen grains) imperfect;
unable to germinate.
- Latin abortīvus. See abort, -ive
- Middle English 1300–50
1. fruitless, ineffectual, bootless, unavailing, vain. |