aborted

adjective

abort·​ed ə-ˈbȯr-təd 

1

: stopped before completion especially because of problems or danger

an aborted rocket launch

2

: failing to achieve the desired result : ending without success : abortive

He made several aborted attempts to escape.

Examples of aborted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The remarkable earnings and growth behind that breakaway stock performance also earned Lululemon the benefit of the doubt when things went wrong, like the aborted venture into home fitness technology with the Mirror acquisition. —Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025

Hearing from Dick Dad about the aborted wedding, Conrad’s first thought is that Jeremiah needs him, which sets the curse in motion. —Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025

Russia itself test launched its first post-Soviet era rocket model, the Angara-A5, in June last year, following two aborted launch attempts. —Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025

After one final, halfhearted attempt at a Snowball 579 million years ago—an aborted glacial reconquest that barely escaped the poles—the fossil record of large complex life astonishingly arrives with a provisional world of mysterious blob creatures, clinging to peaceful seafloor gardens. —Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for aborted

• assorted
• comported
• consorted
• contorted
• deported
• distorted
• escorted
• exhorted
• exported
• extorted
• imported
• purported