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.
adjective
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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
Other Word Forms
- interruptedly adverb
- noninterrupted adjective
- noninterruptedly adverb
- noninterruptedness noun
- uninterrupted adjective
- uninterruptedly adverb
- uninterruptedness noun
Etymology
Origin of interrupted
Example Sentences
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This was after Kavanaugh, for roughly the dozenth time, interrupted an attorney or fellow justice to repeat his same points.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
He famously interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Awards, saying Beyoncé should have won the prize for best female artist.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
More recently, failures at large distributors have shown how quickly deliveries can be interrupted, even when goods are available.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
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 • Mar. 30, 2026
The interview was interrupted by the voice of Mrs. O’Leary over the intercom.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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