The phrase "abandoned talk" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could be used to refer to a conversation or discussion that has been left unfinished or disregarded.
Example: "After the meeting, there was a lot of abandoned talk about the new project that never got addressed."
Alternatives: "disregarded discussion" or "unfinished conversation".
The administration abandoned talk of a "transition" of the program and sought to depict it as an "integration" of CIA and JSOC capabilities, officials said.
With the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu, the east European dictator he most closely resembled, Saddam abandoned talk of "the new pluralist trends" he discerned in the world.
Excruciatingly expensive trains can barely make their way at anemic paces along the northeast corridor without breaking down, and we've all but abandoned talk of expanding to real high-speed trains.
Some districts, such as Bridgewater-Raritan Regional in Somerset County, have abandoned talk of shutting a school; others, like Hamilton Township and West Windsor-Plainsboro in Mercer County, are considering expanding their facilities.
Some may compare this week to the events of 1999 when William Hague abandoned talk of modernisation in favour of a "core votes" campaign in the face of more dire opinion polls.
Triumphant, Mr. Barenboim abandoned talk of resigning and began negotiating renewal of his contract, which expires in 2002, although now as only music director, without the administrative duties of artistic director.
EarthLink abandoned talks this week to build a wireless network in San Francisco with Google.
Meanwhile, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe announced that it had abandoned talks with Russia over observers in South Ossetia.
Vietnam has abandoned talks with South Korean suppliers to spend $3 billion on two plants.Only in China and Japan are nuclear hopes alive.
Armenia, also under pressure from Russia, abandoned talks with the European Union in September and announced it would join the customs union.
Lengthy all-party talks collapsed last week when Cameron abandoned talks with Labour and the Lib Dems and said that their differences were unbridgeable.
