Definitions for abortive

abortive a·bor·tive

Spelling: [uh-bawr-tiv]
IPA: /əˈbɔr tɪv/

Abortive is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 354 anagrams from letters in abortive (abeiortv).

Definitions for abortive

adjective

  1. failing to succeed; unsuccessful:
  2. born prematurely.
  3. imperfectly developed; rudimentary.
  4. Medicine/Medical. producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient. acting to halt progress of a disease.
  5. Pathology. (of the course of a disease) short and mild without the usual, pronounced clinical symptoms.
  6. Botany. (of seeds or pollen grains) imperfect; unable to germinate.

Origin of abortive

First recorded in 1300-50; Middle English word from Latin word abortīvus. See abort, -ive

Examples for abortive

Thus the efforts of Malique proved as abortive as the ravings of his master.

He recalled previous failed Special Forces operations, including Desert One, the abortive hostage rescue attempt in Iran in 1980.

Ross later defined this as "the only new idea" that Arafat had presented at the abortive peace talks.

Migraine drugs fall into two categories: preventive and abortive.

One time was an abortive interview about the U.S. wars in Indochina which ended with him stomping off.

And yet it was ministered to, in a dull and abortive manner, by all who made this feint.

They are abortive births of an imperfect or vitiated instinct.

And as passive resistance was their attitude, his purging scheme was abortive.

In spite of his efforts it was abortive, and he was compelled to use another.

There had been in the early part of the day an abortive effort at a procession.

Word Value for abortive
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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