If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
[British, informal]
The programme was bitty and pointless.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe someone or something as a little bitty person or thing, you are emphasizing that they are very small.
[US, informal, emphasis]
She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.
More Synonyms of bitty
bitty in British English
(ˈbɪtɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -tier or -tiest
1.
lacking unity; disjointed
2.
containing bits, sediment, etc
Derived forms
bittiness (ˈbittiness)
noun
bitty in American English
(ˈbɪti)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈbittier or ˈbittiest
1. US
tiny: a playful term or child's term
see also itty-bitty
2. British
made up of bits, or small pieces; without unity; disjointed
Word origin
< bit2 + -y4
Synonyms of 'bitty'
disjointed, confused, fragmented, rambling
More Synonyms of bitty
(adjective)
Definition
lacking unity
It was bitty and absolutely meaningless.
Synonyms
disjointed
his disjointed ramblings about his youth
confused
fragmented
rambling
He wrote a rambling letter to his sister.
incomplete
Some offices had incomplete information on spending.
jumbled
patchy
The response to the strike call has been patchy.
disconnected
a meaningless jumble of disconnected words
sketchy
Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.
unconnected
The knowledge turned in unconnected fragments in his head.
incoherent
As the evening progressed he became increasingly incoherent.
scrappy
a scrappy affair
fragmentary
The extant volume is fragmentary.
fitful
Opposites
complete
,
comprehensive
,
unified
,
coherent
,
all-embracing
Additional synonyms
in the sense of disconnected
a meaningless jumble of disconnected words
Synonyms
confused,
mixed-up,
rambling,
irrational,
jumbled,
unintelligible,
illogical,
incoherent,
disjointed,
garbled,
uncoordinated
in the sense of fragmentary
Definition
made up of small or unconnected pieces
The extant volume is fragmentary.
Synonyms
incomplete,
broken,
scattered,
partial,
disconnected,
discrete,
sketchy,
piecemeal,
incoherent,
scrappy,
disjointed,
bitty,
unsystematic
in the sense of incoherent
Definition
not logically connected or ordered
As the evening progressed he became increasingly incoherent.