aborted

Stopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.

Adjective

  1. Stopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.
  2. Brought forth prematurely.
  3. Checked in normal development at an early stage.
    • Spines are aborted branches.
  4. Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
    • The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. - 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.? Proto-Italic *orjōr Latin orior Latin aborior Latin abortō Latin abortareder. English abort English -ed English aborted From abort + -ed.

Derived

nonaborted unaborted

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of abort