Word Noun
abortiveness
n.
C1 Advanced abortive·ness
Definition
n.the quality of being short-lived or failing to reach a successful end. It describes a situation that stops before it can finish what it started.
n.the quality of being short-lived, premature, or failing to achieve a complete result. Often used to describe processes or projects that terminate before reaching their intended conclusion.
Examples
“The project suffered from a lack of abortiveness.”
“The committee noted the abortiveness of several previous attempts to reform the tax code.”
“While the initial phase of the experiment showed promise, the overall abortiveness of the program led to a complete withdrawal of funding from the research department.”
Etymology
From abortive + -ness.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This entry
Level C1 · Advanced
Frequency Rare
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