abortiveness

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English

Etymology

From abortive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv.nəs/
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Noun

abortiveness (usually uncountable, plural abortivenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being abortive. [1]
  2. (countable) The result or product of being abortive.

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abortiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

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