abortive attempt

collocation in English

meaningsofabortiveandattempt

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abortive
adjective
uk
/əˈbɔː.tɪv/us
/əˈbɔːr.t̬ɪv/
An abortive attempt or plan has to be stopped because it ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofabortiveandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I had already made oneabortiveattemptto suggest there was a more interesting way of thinking about houses but this was most clearly demonstrated by the paper presented here.
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That feeling prevailed before theabortiveattemptto free the hostages.
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For that reason we shall not bemoan too much theabortiveattemptthat was made.
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It was attempted again, although it was anabortiveattempt, a couple of years later.
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There was anabortiveattemptto produce a compromise.
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Theabortiveattemptto produce a new code of practice for under 12 m vessels shows the importance of cross-departmental co-operation.
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There was anabortiveattemptto market this line in 1984 and very creditable it was.
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Meanwhile, there was anabortiveattemptto involve the private sector.
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I know that, before the regulations were adopted, anabortiveattemptwas made to negotiate, but this does not mean that the present negotiations would suffer the same fate.
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The landlord will not have had the management taken away, and will be entitled to receive all the costs incurred in dealing with theabortiveattempt.
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But, so far, although there has been anabortiveattemptto form a united estate agents' body, there is not much sign of progress in this direction.
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After anabortiveattemptto collectivize herders, livestock remained in private hands.
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Except for oneabortiveattemptat romance, his general attitude towards her was paternalistic.
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Following thisabortiveattempt, infighting broke out between different leadership factions.
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He unsuccessfully tried to create a national bank, to be funded by what became anabortiveattemptat an income tax on capitalists and shareholders.
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There was one short-livedabortiveattemptto split the role in the 12th century.
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This structure was controversial when first built, and anabortiveattemptwas made to blow it up by local residents in 1939.
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Anabortiveattemptwas made to set up a whaling industry in 1830 (also in 1875).
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