discontinuous
dis·con·ti·nuous
adjective
2.
not continuing without interruption in time or space
- “discontinuous applause”
- “the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas”
- “he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling”
Origin
From dis- + continuous.
Phrases
- in fits and starts
Related words
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