I proceed, then, from the morning which followed our abortive chase of the convict and our other strange experiences upon the moor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
They forgot their abortive personal relationship, and felt adventurous as they muddled about in the dust.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— obsolete : prematurely born
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Macmillan
— not finished and therefore not successful
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Usage
1 use of ‘abortive’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
1 use of ‘abortive’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle