All abortive synonyms
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A a adjective abortive
- stillborn — dead when born.
- unfruitful — not providing satisfaction; unprofitable: unfruitful efforts.
- bungled — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
adj abortive
- fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- futile — incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- unsuccessful — not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
- failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- ineffective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- unavailing — ineffectual; futile.
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- useless — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- vain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.