Sentence examples for abortive competition from inspiring English sources

There was no malicious intent in the abortive competition.

However, in the first, abortive round of competition with Boeing's tanker, EADS and then-partner Northrop Grumman had convinced Air Force evaluators that by doing refueling missions differently they could benefit from buying the bigger plane.

An abortive effort to lease tankers from Boeing was killed by Congress, and then a competition to select a new tanker from between rival Boeing and Airbus offerings was overturned by the Government Accountability Office.

Efforts by Swedes and Prussians proved abortive.

There have been abortive attempts so far.

An abortive attempt to start an urban institute at The New School.

Fls perfect (and fertile.) and staminate (with abortive ovaries).

Unabridged Note: 2 additional stamens opposite petals +- abortive.

Moreover, we detected abortive initiation products for a bacteriophage RdRP.

It revisits Mr. Burroughs's abortive advertising career.

Another encourages fertility, another is believed to be abortive.