NONCONTINUOUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not continuing without interruption in time or space

Example:

he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling

Synonyms:

discontinuous; noncontinuous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

disrupted (marked by breaks or gaps)

disjunct (used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations)

Also:

broken (not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly)

sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)