interrupted
interrupted
Definition
in·ter·rupted (--id)
adjective
- broken by interruption; not continuous
- Bot. asymmetrical; irregular: said of parts not equally spaced on a stem
interrupted
Synonyms
interrupted
modif.
interrupted
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- brome: A PhD study has been undertaken on the ecology of interrupted brome at the University of Liverpool.
- suture: Three or four interrupted sutures are used to fix the mesh superiorly.
- sleep: Can cause waking in the middle of the night or interrupted sleep.
- tone: A fast interrupted dial tone tells you that a message has been left.
- learner: They are in a cycle of interrupted learning and schools have a responsibility to support interrupted learners.
- status: The interrupted status of the thread is cleared by this method.
Used with adjective complement
interrupted Quotes
As I was saying when I was interrupted, it is a powerful hard thing to please all of the people all of the time.
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