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.
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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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The interview was interrupted several times by weather and audio issues as torrential rain pounded the roof, making it difficult to continue the conversation.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Sasaki’s transition to MLB, however, was interrupted by what the Dodgers called a right shoulder impingement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Pelley’s dismissal came Tuesday, one day after a staff meeting in which the correspondent interrupted Bilton’s remarks, questioning the new boss’s qualifications and lambasting Weiss’s leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The talk was interrupted by giggling and barking.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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