abortive

Meanings

• adjective

  Unsuccessful or failing to reach a planned or desired outcome.

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Pronunciation

1. /əˈbɔː.tɪv/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with abortive
miscarriage , carriage , arrangement , rearrangement

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Variants

List of all variants of abortive that leads to same result
abortive , abortively , abortiveness , abortivenesses

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'bringing about an abortion'. Derived from the Latin word 'abortus' meaning 'miscarriage'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'abortive' is also used in mathematics to describe a function that doesn't converge to a result.

2. In the context of computer programming, an 'abortive transaction' is one that is rolled back due to an error.

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Related Concepts

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1. unsuccessful: Related to concepts of failure, inadequacy, and disappointments.

2. miscarriage: Related to medical term for the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

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Culture

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In literature, 'abortive' has been used to describe failed attempts or projects, such as in T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Waste Land' and Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment'. In art, it can be seen in the title of Edvard Munch's painting 'The Sick Child (The Aborted)'.

How to Memorize "abortive"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a project or task that didn't turn out as planned, or visualize the word 'abort' followed by the suffix 'ive'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with failed attempts or unsuccessful outcomes.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'An Aborted Project Is Totally Useless' or 'Abortive Endeavors End Up Unsuccessful'.

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