discontinuous
adjective/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
(formal)- not continuous; stopping and starting again synonym intermittent
- Discontinuous strike action will take place from late August to November.
- people with discontinuous patterns of employment
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘producing discontinuity’): from medieval Latin discontinuus, from dis- ‘not’ + continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’.
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