Bitty - English meaning

adjective

Lacking a coherent sequence or connection.

Usage examples:

Piecing together disjointed fragments of information

verb

Disturb the cohesion or organization of.

Usage examples:

The loss of the area disjointed military plans

adjective

(esp. of words or ideas) not well connected or well ordered, and therefore often confusing

Usage examples:

She gave a disjointed account of getting lost in the woods.

adjective

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

Usage examples:

Her breathing was erratic

noun

A rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.

Usage examples:

The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics

adjective

Changing suddenly and unexpectedly

Usage examples:

An erratic schedule

adjective

Active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.

Usage examples:

A few hours' fitful sleep

adjective

Going off and on irregularly

Usage examples:

Her breathing is fitful.

adjective

Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts.

Usage examples:

Excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry

adjective

Existing only in small parts and not complete

Usage examples:

Tom talks in images that are fast and fragmentary., the surviving evidence is fragmentary.

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

adjective

Separated into or consisting of several parts

Usage examples:

A fragmented narrative, a country fragmented by social strife

adjective

(of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.

Usage examples:

He screamed some incoherent threat

adjective

Not expressed in a way that can be understood, or not able to talk clearly

Usage examples:

He seemed dazed and incoherent, apparently from blood loss.

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

Usage examples:

The quality of the material was often inconsistent

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Past simple and past participle of jumble

Usage examples:

Her clothes were all jumbled up/together in the suitcase.

adjective

Existing or happening in small, isolated areas.

Usage examples:

Patchy fog

adjective

Happening or existing in small areas

Usage examples:

Patchy rain/fog, my knowledge of physics is pretty patchy.

adjective

Characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The village is slowly being killed off by piecemeal development

adverb

In an unsystematic way, through partial measures taken over a period of time.

Usage examples:

Many organizations have been built up piecemeal

adjective

Not done according to a plan but done at different times in different ways

Usage examples:

Do we fix it all now, or do we approach it piecemeal over time?

adjective

Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts.

Usage examples:

Scrappy lecture notes piled up unread

adjective

Not level or smooth.

Usage examples:

The floors are cracked and uneven

adjective

Not done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; unmethodical.

Usage examples:

The burial mound was excavated in an unsystematic way

adjective

Not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.

Usage examples:

The quality of hospital food is highly variable

noun

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

Usage examples:

There are too many variables involved to make any meaningful predictions

adjective

Likely to change, or showing change or difference as a characteristic

Usage examples:

Our weather is very variable in the spring., there is a lot of variability between brands., among t…

adjective

Differing in size, amount, degree, or nature.

Usage examples:

Varying degrees of success

verb

Differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Usage examples:

The properties vary in price

adjective

Changing or different in amount or level, especially from one occasion to another, or from one person or thing to another

Usage examples:

The technology is able to convert handwriting into digital text with varying degrees of success., t…