ABORTIVENESS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

abortiveness

noun

as in bootlessness

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Noun

What begins with the seeds of a vanity project organically blossoms into something that encompasses the many people Ryan’s life touches.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
Using information from witnesses and footage from Flock cameras, investigators identified the suspect vehicle as a gray Ford F-150 pickup truck with a California vanity license plate, Johnson said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of vanity

Noun

However, entrepreneurs who take a more conservative growth approach with their startups are less likely to align with investors who have a low tolerance for prolonged unprofitability.

— Richard Ceffalio, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
In those cases, unprofitability was as much the story as safety, if not more.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026

Definition of unprofitability

Noun

The biggest discrepancy for Cruz this season compared to his breakout 2025 campaign is the ineffectiveness of his four-seamer.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The states argue that Meta withheld relevant information from users and parents, who might have benefited from knowing the ineffectiveness of the feature and others like it, constituting a violation of consumer protection laws.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of ineffectiveness

Noun

But many assumptions that Stratos’ investors or Utah politicians might have had about Box Elder County – about either the acquiescence of its people or the barrenness of its landscape – have been proved wrong over the past few months.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Shunammite, once so determined to get her period, is staring down the possibility of barrenness and, in Gilead, that means spinsterhood.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Definition of barrenness

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The impunity of the powerful was measured by the inefficacy of the outraged.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.

— Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of inefficacy

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