interrupted

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adjective

in·​ter·​rupt·​ed ˌin-tə-ˈrəp-təd 

1

: broken in upon : discontinuous

an interrupted stripe

interrupted service

an interrupted phone call

interrupted sleep

2

botany : not uniform : broken in arrangement or symmetry

… flowers whorled in interrupted clusters.

—Charles E. Turner

3

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

Examples of interrupted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

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

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1