discontinuous.

Having gaps or breaks rather than forming a continuous sequence or whole.

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Words that belong together

• discontinuous record
• discontinuous pattern

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The discontinuous record prevented a confident estimate of annual change.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: comparison. Commonness: moderately common.