interrupted

[ in-tuh-ruhp-tid ]

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.

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of interrupted¹

First recorded in 1550–60; interrupt + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Schools are intensely focused this year on trying to regroup after two-plus years of interrupted learning — including helping students catch up, both socially and academically.

From Axios

From interrupted video calls to fluctuating return to office and school plans, parents are reaching their breaking point.

From Digiday

These include mental health symptoms such as anxiety and depression, interrupted education, and delayed care for other medical issues.

From Popular-Science

It needs to revive the interrupted buying journey, so links to your site are essential.

From Search Engine Watch

Meanwhile, this year has intensified loneliness, interrupted connections, and increased economic hardships.

From MIT Technology Review

But the stories of the Riveras and Toros are often interrupted by the stories of their neighbors.

From The Daily Beast

After our talk—and, of course, much more research—I filed a version of the following story on my website Hollywood, Interrupted.

From The Daily Beast

Then one daring, possibly planted, spectator interrupted the show to profess her crush.

From The Daily Beast

Johnson and the governor were repeatedly interrupted at the press conference by an angry and frustrated community.

From The Daily Beast

When host David Gregory interrupted to note that Carson also said that “it is slavery in a way,” the Doctor agreed.

From The Daily Beast

We were interrupted at this moment by a message from General Houston, to whom we immediately hastened.

From Project Gutenberg

Elmer Spiker interrupted to inquire whether the turtles I had seen were "black-legs, red-legs, or yaller-legs."

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Wren glanced at the small person whose breakfast she had interrupted.

From Project Gutenberg

"Lettres et journal pour monsieur," interrupted a waiter, entering with two letters and the Times.

From Project Gutenberg

But a knock at the door interrupted them; the discreet Capt entered, bearing a telegram upon a salver.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broken
• delayed
• disrupted
• postponed