fragmented

adjective

frag·ment·ed ˈfrag-ˌmen-təd

: broken or separated into distinct parts

Another fragmented language group is the Austroasiatic family, whose most widely spoken languages are Vietnamese and Cambodian.—

Jared Diamond

The reality seems to be that the global audience for movies has become increasingly diverse and fragmented, which runs against Hollywood's obsession with finding that magic common denominator.—

Peter Bart

computing : having related or associated pieces of stored data disorganized in a way that makes them more difficult to access

Fragmented files require much more work to read than contiguous files, because to do so DOS must chase down each sector, possibly moving the disk head back and forth many times. Each of these … slows the task at hand and results in additional wear and tear on your hard disk.—

Brett Glass

You probably won't notice a marked performance boost unless your hard drive is extremely fragmented.—

Doug Stanley

Examples of fragmented in a Sentence

restoring the fragmented Roman sculpture was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle

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What followed was an infuriating ordeal through a fragmented healthcare system that seemed more intent on serving its bureaucratic processes than its patients. —

Chris Bowen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 The continent’s fragmented structure — with European movies being released at different times in different countries, often by different distributors with different marketing strategies — is not fit for purpose in a digital world where borders don’t exist. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024 This time around, brands have asked for more coordination and support across their very fragmented supply chains, which is one of the team’s main goals. —

Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024 Witnesses described a striking sight as a fireball containing hues of orange, red and yellow fragmented before their eyes, breaking into several smaller pieces with multiple streams of light. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fragmented