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interrupted Definition

in·ter·rupted (--id)

adjective

  1. broken by interruption; not continuous
  2. Bot. asymmetrical; irregular: said of parts not equally spaced on a stem

interrupted Synonyms

interrupted

modif.

stopped, checked, held up, obstructed, delayed, disrupted, broken, broken off, discontinuous, irregular, interfered with, meddled with, hindered, suspended, discontinued, cut short; see also intermittent, postponed.

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

  • get: Added to this was the helping with the refreshments, I kept getting interrupted, sorry Peter.
  • remain: Ongoing surveillance in formerly endemic Central and South American countries confirms that poliovirus transmission remains interrupted.
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.

—Connor, Sir William Neil pseudonym Cassandra