interrupted

[ in-tuh-ruhp-tid ]

/ ˌɪn təˈrʌp tɪd /

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adjective Botany.

having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.

Origin of interrupted

interrupt + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM interrupted

non·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjective non·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverb non·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, noun un·in·ter·rupt·ed, adjective

un·in·ter·rupt·ed·ly, adverb un·in·ter·rupt·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby interrupted

interrogator, interrogator-responsor, interrogatories, interrogatory, interrupt, interrupted, interrupted fern, interrupted screw, interrupted suture, interrupter, interruption

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For Washington, the advent of winter meant fewer battles and more time for uninterrupted thought.

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Each half is 45 minutes of seamless action, uninterrupted by time-outs or commercials.

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Just this morning, while enjoying breakfast at a chain bagel shop, I was entertained with 30 minutes of uninterrupted jazz.

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Director Ridley Scott no doubt cut it for time—rare is the film that features a page of uninterrupted monologuing.

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The Olympics are now 24 uninterrupted hours of the Today show.

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After two weeks of uninterrupted labor the committee had secured $7.80.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 56, December 2, 1897 |Various
But from where Durham and Brennan were the view was uninterrupted.

The Rider of Waroona |Firth Scott
Except for the making of money, the whole year of an erected Lakelands, notwithstanding uninterrupted successes, was a blank.

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Evidently the historical incompleteness, the lack of uninterrupted sequence, of the Gospel of Mark is here in view.

The Literature and History of New Testament Times |J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen
Their uninterrupted work of unconquerable destruction reduced within reasonable limits the excess in which Nature was almost lost.

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British Dictionary definitions for uninterrupted (1 of 2)

uninterrupted

/ (ˌʌnɪntəˈrʌptɪd) /

adjective

not broken, discontinued, or hindered an uninterrupted view

British Dictionary definitions for uninterrupted (2 of 2)

interrupted

/ (ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd) /

adjective

broken, discontinued, or hindered

(of plant organs, esp leaves) not evenly spaced along an axis

Also: deceptive music (of a cadence) progressing from the dominant chord to any other, such as the subdominant or submediant

Derived forms of interrupted

interruptedly, adverb

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interrupted

adjective Botany.

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