fragmentary
adjective
frag·men·tary
ˈfrag-mən-ˌter-ē 
: consisting of fragments : incomplete
fragmentary evidence
a fragmentary account
Examples of fragmentary in a Sentence
discovering fragmentary remains of primitive animals
the historical record of this pharaoh's life and reign is fragmentary at best
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Though fugitive and fragmentary, the events in the Gospels take place on a fixed historical time line.
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Though fragmentary, the Romanesque masterpiece is a unique example of Anglo-Norman art at roughly 230 feet long and one-and-a-half feet wide.
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Though fugitive and fragmentary, the events in the Gospels take place on a fixed historical time line.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Whereas Liliana’s Invincible Summer is emotional, sincere, and relatively easy to follow, Death Takes Me is cerebral, fragmentary, and disorienting.
—Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
Though fragmentary, the Romanesque masterpiece is a unique example of Anglo-Norman art at roughly 230 feet long and one-and-a-half feet wide.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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fragmentary
adjective
frag·men·tary
ˈfrag-mən-ˌter-ē
: made up of fragments : incomplete
a fragmentary report
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