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abortive

adjective as in failing to achieve a goal

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But the abortive fracking efforts of the last decade or so have turned the former Tory MP into a sceptic.

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The result of Yoon's abortive martial law attempt was a political maelstrom from which South Korea is still reeling: a constitutional crisis that ended the former president's career and left his PPP in tatters.

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His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.

On Saturday morning, four days after Yoon's abortive attempt to declare martial law, the president once again appeared on television.

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So it is possible the abortive flight over Kostyantynivka was one of Moscow’s first attempts to test its new weapon in combat conditions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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