stop-start

[stahp-stahrt]

adjective

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

Example Sentences

"To say it was stop-start is an understatement with all the carry on with the cards, the stoppages for the scrums etc," said the 50-year-old Englishman.

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The Basque goalkeeper got a hand to the ball and should have kept it out, but Lewandowski was able to chalk up his eighth league goal of his injury-hit, stop-start season.

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They had more penalties than first downs in a stop-start game at Mile High Stadium but are top of the AFC West after a seventh straight win.

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It is no secret England are using this tour, including the stop-start rain-affected T20s that preceded these ODIs, to build towards the Ashes.

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You can be sure Gordon will be desperate to find the answer following a stop-start period in his career.

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