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useless
English
Etymology
From use +? -less.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?s.l?s/
Adjective
useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)
- Without use or possibility to be used.
- Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
- (derogatory, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.
- (colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
Synonyms
- (good-for-nothing): good-for-nothing
- (unable to do well): unskillful
Antonyms
- skillful, useful
Derived terms
- uselessly
- uselessness
Translations
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abortive
English
Etymology
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English, from Old French abortif, from Latin abort?vus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??b??.t?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b??.t?v/
Adjective
abortive (comparative more abortive, superlative most abortive)
- (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.]
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, sc. 3:
- Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog!
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, sc. 3:
- Coming to nothing; failing in its effect[First attested in the late 16th century.].
- Synonyms: miscarrying, fruitless, unsuccessful
- 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, Chapter 7:
- He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy.
- (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (pharmacology, medicine, rare, attributive) Causing abortion; abortifacient
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Parr to this entry?)
- (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
- Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
Derived terms
- abortiveness
Translations
Noun
abortive (plural abortives)
- (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]
- (obsolete) A fruitless effort. [Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.]
- (obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
Translations
Verb
abortive (third-person singular simple present abortives, present participle abortiving, simple past and past participle abortived)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit. [Attested only in the 17th century.]
References
- abortive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Adjective
abortive
- feminine singular of abortif
German
Adjective
abortive
- inflection of abortiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
abortive
- feminine plural of abortivo
Anagrams
- breviato
Latin
Adjective
abort?ve
- vocative masculine singular of abort?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab???i???/, /ab???ti???/
- Rhymes: -i???
- Hyphenation: ab?or?ti?ve
- Homophone: abortivet
Adjective
abortive
- definite singular of abortiv
- plural of abortiv
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