stop-start

American  

[stahp-stahrt] / ˈstɑpˌstɑrt /

adjective

1. repeatedly stopping and starting again; involving many interruptions; erratic.

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Example Sentences

The stop-start pattern means that even if legal challenges can be overcome, securing investment in new and ongoing projects is tremendously difficult and analysts will be obliged to factor into their models a higher cost of capital.

From MarketWatch

Historically, some U.S. listeners have struggled to embrace K-pop because of the language barrier, or found the genre’s melodic digressions and stop-start rhythms jarring, as if three songs are crammed into one.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, Bethell has endured a stop-start year since that breakthrough tour of New Zealand.

From BBC

When my daughter came into the kitchen and heard me listening to this epic — stop-start, stop-start, taking notes all the while — she asked me, “Are you listening to a podcast?”

From Los Angeles Times

While praising individual policies on housing and skills, he said other proposals had been "stop-start", while almost one million young people are now outside education, work or training.

From BBC