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abortive
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1 abortive
Failing to accomplish an intended result:
— An abortive revolt.
synoniemen: stillborn, unsuccessful.
Roget 674:
unprepared
etc.
(prepare);
&c.;
673;
without preparation
etc.
673;
incomplete
etc.
53;
rudimental,
embryonic,
abortive;
immature,
unripe,
kachcha†,
raw,
green,
crude;
coarse;
rough cast,
rough hewn;
in the rough;
unhewn†,
unformed,
unfashioned†,
unwrought,
unlabored†,
unblown,
uncooked,
unboiled,
unconcocted,
unpolished.
unhatched,
unfledged,
unnurtured†,
unlicked†,
untaught,
uneducated,
uncultivated,
untrained,
untutored,
undrilled,
unexercised;
deckle-edged†;
precocious,
premature;
undigested,
indigested†;
unmellowed†,
unseasoned,
unleavened.
unrehearsed,
unscripted,
extemporaneous,
improvised,
spontaneous,
ad lib,
ad libitem [Lat.].
fallow;
unsown,
untilled;
natural,
in a state of nature;
undressed;
in dishabille,
en deshabille [Fr.].
unqualified,
disqualified;
unfitted;
ill-digested;
unbegun,
unready,
unarranged†,
unorganized,
unfurnished,
unprovided,
unequipped,
untrimmed;
out of gear,
out of order;
dismantled
etc.
v..
shiftless,
improvident,
unthrifty,
thriftless,
thoughtless,
unguarded;
happy-go-lucky;
caught napping
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†;
unpremeditated
etc.
612.
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Roget 645:
useless,
inutile,
inefficacious,
futile,
unavailing,
bootless;
inoperative
etc.
158;
inadequate
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
inservient†,
unsubservient;
inept,
inefficient
etc.
(impotent)
158;
of no avail
etc.
(use)
644;
ineffectual
etc.
(failure)
732;
incompetent
etc.
(unskillful)
699;
stale, flat and unprofitable;"
superfluous
etc.
(redundant)
641;
dispensable;
thrown away
etc.
(wasted)
638;
abortive
etc.
(immature)
674.
worthless,
valueless,
priceless;
unsalable;
not worth a straw
etc.
(trifling)
643,
dear at any price.
vain,
empty,
inane;
gainless†,
profitless,
fruitless;
unserviceable,
unprofitable;
ill-spent;
unproductive
etc.
169;
hors de combat [Fr.];
effete,
past work
etc.
(impaired)
659;
obsolete
etc.
(old)
124;
fit for the dust hole;
good for nothing;
of no earthly use;
not worth having,
not worth powder and shot;
leading to no end,
uncalled for;
unnecessary,
unneeded.
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Roget 732:
unsuccessful,
successless†;
failing,
tripping
etc.
v.;
at fault;
unfortunate
etc.
735.
abortive,
addle,
stillborn;
fruitless,
bootless;
ineffectual,
ineffective,
inconsequential,
trifling,
nugatory;
inefficient
etc.
(impotent)
158;
insufficient
etc.
640;
unavailing
etc.
(useless)
645;
of no effect.
aground,
grounded,
swamped,
stranded,
cast away,
wrecked,
foundered,
capsized,
shipwrecked,
nonsuited†;
foiled;
defeated
etc.
731;
struck down,
borne down,
broken down;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
all up with;
ploughed,
plowed,
plucked.
lost,
undone,
ruined,
broken;
bankrupt
etc.
(not paying)
808;
played out;
done up,
done for;
dead beat,
ruined root and branch,
flambe†,
knocked on the head;
destroyed
etc.
162.
frustrated,
crossed,
unhinged,
disconcerted dashed;
thrown off one's balance,
thrown on one's back,
thrown on one's beam ends†;
unhorsed,
in a sorry plight;
hard hit.
stultified,
befooled†,
dished,
hoist on one's own petard;
victimized,
sacrificed.
wide of the mark
etc.
(error)
495;
out of one's reckoning
etc.
(inexpectation)
508†;
left in the lurch;
thrown away
etc.
(wasted)
638;
unattained;
uncompleted
etc.
730.
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