abortive
adjectiveEnding without the intended result or success.
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Clear all filtersEnding without the intended result or success.
Unfavorable or harmful to an intended result.
Unfavorable or harmful
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Deliberately planned to achieve a particular result.
Helping to bring about or support a desired result.
Helping a result occur
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To introduce something unwanted that makes a substance or result impure or unreliable.
A conclusion or result that follows naturally or logically from something else.
Of decisive importance to a result or decision.
Decisively important
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Dissatisfied with present circumstances or results.
Dissatisfied with the present
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A poor condition resulting from inadequate upkeep or needed repairs.
Successful in producing an intended result.
Producing the intended result
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Capable of producing the intended effect.
The ability to produce an intended result.
Based on observation or experience rather than theory alone.
Based on observation
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Producing useful results, successful ideas, or abundant growth.
Unable to achieve the intended result.
Unable to produce a result
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A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.
Suggested meaning
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Unintentional or resulting from inattention.
Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.
An overwhelming victory or a very large majority in a vote.
The process of noticing or understanding something, or the resulting view or interpretation.
Awareness or interpretation
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Deliberately contrary to what is expected or reasonable; also contrary in an unexpected way.
Deliberately contrary
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Guided by practical results and real circumstances.
Focused on practical results
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The ability or rate of producing useful work, results, or goods.
Producing a large quantity of work or results.
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