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 Word Forms

• noninterrupted adjective
• noninterruptedly adverb
• noninterruptedness noun
• uninterrupted adjective
• uninterruptedly adverb
• uninterruptedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interrupted¹

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

Example Sentences

She was interrupted, though, when a neighbor reached out to tell her that her home of 42 years had burst into flames.

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Humanitarian flights, interrupted at the height of the crisis due to lack of fuel, have resumed about three times a week "to the northern and central regions", an NGO source told AFP.

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“Spring” is a densely packed wall, interrupted by two doorways, which causes Ms. Yukhnovich’s floral interventions to cluster particularly close together, suggesting the sudden bursting forth of life following the hoary months.

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When militia attacks interrupted shipping routes in the Red Sea, few people expected the effects to reach the skies above the South Atlantic.

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The Sudanese Armed Forces remain committed to a transition to civilian rule, a process interrupted by war but not abandoned.

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Related Words

• broken 
• delayed 
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