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Discontinuous

Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

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Disjunct 84% connected

Disjoined; separated.

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Disjunct 84% connected

Disjoined; separated.

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Disrupted 84% connected

of Disrupt

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Disrupted 84% connected

of Disrupt

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Discontinuity 74% connected

Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.

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Discontinuity 74% connected

Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.

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Sporadic 66% connected

Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case o…

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Sporadic 66% connected

Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case o…

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Continuous 94% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 94% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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At times adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Bead noun · 78% connection

A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossmen…

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Broken-backed adjective · 78% connection

Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

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Brokenly adverb · 78% connection

In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Check noun · 78% connection

A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.

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Emarginated adjective · 78% connection

Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

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Frangible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

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From time to time adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Interregnum noun · 78% connection

Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

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Interrupt p. a. · 78% connection

Broken; interrupted.

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Interruption noun · 78% connection

The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.

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Laughter verb · 78% connection

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicat…

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Now and again adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Now and then adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Occasionally adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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On occasion adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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