abortive
Definitions
- Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
- Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
- Causing abortion; abortifacient.
- Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
- Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
- Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
Equivalents
6 more languages
Examples
“an abortive child”
“Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog!”
“an abortive attempt⟳”
“[…] and with utter loss of being / Threatens him, plung'd in that abortive gulf.”
“The king in vain excused his hasty retreats and abortive enterprises”
“He made a salutation, or, to speak⟳ nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt⟳ at curtsy.”
“Not surprisingly, ERS has that market covered. It now owns all five of the vehicles fitted with generators for the abortive Nightstar services through the Channel Tunnel.”
“an abortive organ”
“an abortive stamen”
“an abortive ovule”
“abortive medicines”
“Each country may have⟳ a different prevalence of infectious abortive agents. The most common agents of abortion in cattle are Brucella spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydiaceae, Coxiella burnetii, Leptospira spp., […]”
“abortive treatment of typhoid fever”
“Even with prophylaxis, children often experience⟳ episodic breakthrough headaches that require⟳ abortive treatment. […] Abortive therapies in the ED include⟳ dopamine antagonists and anti-inflammatory agents.”
“abortive vellum”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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