interrupted
Americanadjective
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broken off or discontinuous.
Even one night of interrupted sleep can affect your mood.
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Botany. having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
adjective
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broken, discontinued, or hindered
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(of plant organs, esp leaves) not evenly spaced along an axis
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Also: deceptive. music (of a cadence) progressing from the dominant chord to any other, such as the subdominant or submediant
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Kimi Antonelli led George Russell to a Mercedes one-two in a practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix that was interrupted after Alex Albon's Williams collided with a groundhog.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
During the show’s monologue, Colbert was riffing on Starbucks opening in Italy when a couple and their son sitting in the audience interrupted him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
A takeover went through later that summer but the damage of an interrupted season had already taken hold and a second successive relegation in a Covid-interrupted campaign followed.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The excitement was interrupted by a sudden power cut in the tunnel that sent the scientists in Zurich scrambling for answers.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
In Paris that evening, a phone call interrupted a Louvre curator at dinner.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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