abortive
adjective
formaluk/əˈbɔː.tɪv/us/əˈbɔːr.t̬ɪv/An abortiveattemptorplanhas to bestoppedbecause it hasfailed:
失败的；夭折的；无结果的He made two abortiveattemptson theFrenchthrone.他两次企图登上法国王位，结果都以失败告终。
Synonyms
stillborn
unsuccessful
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- achiever
- be dead in the wateridiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- crowning
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhereidiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- rope
- small-time
- small-timer
- stillborn
- struggling
- unavailing
- vain
- vainly
- washed up