Fragmentary - English meaning

adjective

Made up of small parts that seem unrelated.

Usage examples:

The text is rather bitty

adjective

Made up of a lot of different things that do not fit together well

Usage examples:

I enjoyed the film but i found it quite bitty, jumping from one family's story to another.

adjective

Past participle of break1.

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

adjective

Past participle of break

Usage examples:

My camera is broken., a broken line, he spoke very broken english., after his wife's death, he seem…

adjective

Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.

Usage examples:

This diet is deficient in vitamin b

adjective

Lacking or not good enough

Usage examples:

A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.

adjective

Not having enough of

Usage examples:

Deficient in a diet deficient in vitamin d may cause the disease rickets.

adjective

Having had a connection broken.

Usage examples:

He expected the disconnected phone to start ringing

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

adjective

Not related, or not having any clear purpose or pattern

Usage examples:

These are disconnected events, of no wider significance., disconnected thoughts, we have become dis…

adjective

Having intervals or gaps.

Usage examples:

A person with a discontinuous employment record

adjective

With breaks, or stopping and starting again

Usage examples:

A discontinuous process

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.

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 having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

Incomplete carvings of cattle

adjective

Lacking some parts, or not finished

Usage examples:

The polls have closed but the results of the election are still incomplete., he failed to hand in h…

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

Usage examples:

The quality of the material was often inconsistent

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 thorough or detailed.

Usage examples:

The information they had was sketchy

adjective

Not detailed or not complete

Usage examples:

Officials provided only sketchy details of the trip.

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 arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

The place was dreadfully untidy