The phrase "abandoned measures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to strategies, plans, or actions that have been discontinued or left behind, often in a context of evaluation or analysis.
Example: "The report highlighted several abandoned measures that were once considered effective in addressing the issue."
Alternatives: "discontinued strategies" or "discarded actions".
The government has not abandoned measures aimed at curbing problem drinking and smoking despite their absence from the Queen's speech, the health secretary has insisted.
Despite pleas from Judge Kaye, the late Cardinal John J. O'Connor and many Republicans, including some sponsors of the original legislation, the Legislature has abandoned measures to amend the state's drug sentencing laws.
And he has been hammered by good-government groups for abandoning measures that would overhaul the state's campaign finance laws.
She was a creature of control and abandon, measuring her gestures as carefully as she hit her notes, but also letting the music move her.
"Los Alamos had largely abandoned security measures intended to track individuals' access" to classified documents.
The military has abandoned tougher measures like widespread eradication, and now troops are trying to induce poppy farmers to switch to other crops by using financial incentives.
The phenomenon occurred again this week as the vast majority of House Republicans, many citing spending concerns, abandoned a measure to provide relief for states hit by Hurricane Sandy, even though Republicans clearly wanted the measure to ultimately pass.
By the time the Latin lobby finished working over the Congress, even Clinton abandoned the measure.
Sweden introduced a similar tax in the mid-1980s but subsequently abandoned the measure after many trading companies left the country.
Yet the Republicans pulled out all the stops and abandoned any measure of decency in trying to blame Benghazi on Hillary Clinton for the political purpose of destroying her presidential candidacy.
The music industry will not abandon legal measures against piracy altogether.
