interrupted

American  

[in-tuh-ruhp-tid] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp tɪd /

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.

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of interrupted

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

Example Sentences

At this moment communications with Earth will be interrupted: the four astronauts are expected to become the human beings who have traveled farthest from Earth, breaking the Apollo 13 record.

From Barron's

The rat interrupted these painful questions with another: “Where’d your funny human eyeglass go, fox? You look horrible.”

From Literature

From her velvety blue couch in an Upper West Side luxury apartment, Semple is a press-play talker, stopping mostly when interrupted.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now he’s 6-2 and healthy after a broken foot last year interrupted his first season on varsity.

From Los Angeles Times

A spokesperson for Woodside said the weather event had interrupted production at the Karratha Gas Plant, an onshore processing facility for the North West Shelf Project.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• broken
• delayed
• disrupted
• postponed