The phrase "abortive talks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe discussions or negotiations that have failed to produce a successful outcome.
Example: "The two countries engaged in abortive talks for several months, but ultimately could not reach an agreement."
Alternatives: "failed negotiations" or "fruitless discussions".
Yet North Korea tossed aside an American proposal aimed at just that during abortive talks in June last year.
Moreover the suit is not really about the past, but about the future, and comes after abortive talks between the two giants.
There is persistent speculation that Citigroup, the US financial services giant, which held abortive talks with Abbey earlier this year, might mount a bid.
Egypt will hope to gain international credibility from finally brokering a ceasefire agreement after weeks of abortive talks hosted in Cairo.
Helena Smith, our Athens correspondent, reports that development minister Anna Diamantopoulou was apoplectic after spenting the weekend in abortive talks with unions representing the seamen.
It was during those abortive talks that the Farc forced González at gunpoint to sell his cattle ranch for refusing to plant coca, the raw material used in making cocaine.
Following the abortive Victoria Falls Conference of August 1975, Smith and the ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo held unsuccessful talks between December 1975 and March 1976.
The two had held abortive takeover talks over a three-month period that ended May 3, Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock has said.
He feared that this would prejudice abortive peace talks with the FARC, the main guerrilla group, which controls much of Putumayo and neighbouring Caqueta.
As three years of abortive peace talks with the 18,000-strong FARC collapsed in February, that message struck a chord.Mr Uribe wasted no time on a victory party.
Officials familiar with the government position say Microsoft has known since abortive settlement talks in March 1999 that the government might seek to break up the company.
