interrupted

[ in-tuh-ruhp-tid ]
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adjective
  1. broken off or discontinuous: Even one night of interrupted sleep can affect your mood.

  2. Botany. having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.

Origin of interrupted

1
First recorded in 1550–60; interrupt + -ed2

Other words from interrupted

  • non·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjective
  • non·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverb
  • non·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, noun
  • un·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjective
  • un·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverb
  • un·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for interrupted

interrupted

/ (ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd) /


adjective
  1. broken, discontinued, or hindered

  2. (of plant organs, esp leaves) not evenly spaced along an axis

  1. Also: deceptive music (of a cadence) progressing from the dominant chord to any other, such as the subdominant or submediant

Derived forms of interrupted

  • interruptedly, adverb

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