Synonyms of the word

abortive

• adj. (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely.
• adj. Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
• adj. (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
• adj. (medicine, rare, attributive) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
• adj. (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
• adj. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
• n. (obsolete) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
• n. (obsolete) A fruitless effort or issue.
• n. (obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

stillborn

• adj. Dead at birth.
• adj. (figuratively, by extension) Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
• n. A baby that is born dead.

unfruitful

• adj. (chiefly figuratively) Not bearing fruit.

unsuccessful

• adj. Failed, not successful.