interrupted

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adjective

in·ter·rupt·ed ˌin-tə-ˈrəp-təd

Synonyms of interrupted next

: broken in upon : discontinuous

an interrupted stripe

interrupted service

an interrupted phone call

interrupted sleep

botany : not uniform : broken in arrangement or symmetry

… flowers whorled in interrupted clusters.—

Charles E. Turner

phonetics : consisting of or containing a stop in articulation

\k\ is an interrupted consonant

interruptedly adverb

… Jeanne's mother had been … schoolmate and good girlfriend to Maria Gostrey, who had moreover enjoyed since then, though interruptedly … , other glimpses of her. —

Henry James

interruptedness noun

"I am much obliged to you for giving me full notice," he said, with a firm intention in his tone, yet with an interruptedness in his delivery which showed that he spoke unwillingly. —

George Eliot

interrupted

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past tense and past participle of interrupt entry 1

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Worker protests over August and September alone have cost the sector $400 million due to interrupted operations, according to the BGMEA’s estimate. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Then the moment’s interrupted with the news of Barreto’s death. —

EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Andrew Wiggins is the team’s best point-of-attack defender but is coming off a down year and an interrupted preseason. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 Under certain circumstances, teams may have infrequent or interrupted access to the cloud. —

Eric Olden, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for interrupted