how to pronounce abortive

/əˈbɔː.tɪv/

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abortive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of abortive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… after the abortive mutiny ponterra had …”

meanings of abortive

adjective:

Causing abortion; abortifacient.
Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
Coming to nothing; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).

noun:

A fruitless effort or issue.
That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.

verb:

To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

abortive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word abortive occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.