English-Dutch translations for abortive

• afdrijvend
• gestopt
• ondienstig
• rudimentair
• tevergeefs
  Ik weet dat er vóór de goedkeuring van de verordening tevergeefs gepoogd is om hierover te onderhandelen, maar dat betekent niet dat de huidige onderhandelingen hetzelfde lot beschoren zijn. I know that, before the regulations were adopted, an abortive attempt was made to negotiate, but this does not mean that the present negotiations would suffer the same fate.
• vergeefs
• vruchteloos

Definition of abortive

• Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
• Coming to nothing; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
• Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
• Causing abortion; abortifacient
• Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease
• Made from the skin of a still-born animal
• That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
• A fruitless effort or issue.
• To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

Examples

• an abortive child
• an abortive attempt
• an abortive organ
• an abortive stamen
• an abortive ovule
• abortive medicines
• abortive treatment of typhoid fever
• abortive vellum

Related words

• abortion
• antiabortionist
• aborticide
• abortionist
• abortifacient
• abortional
• abortiveness
• abortionism
• anti-abortion