fragmentary
/ˈfraɡm(ə)nt(ə)ri
/adjective
Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts: excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry...
- And what utterly fascinated us was the incompleteness, the fragmentary quality of his writing.
- Having some experience of metal working, he recognised the fragmentary remains as crucibles and clay casting moulds.
- Excavations yielded the remains of at least six adults in the chambers, together with fragmentary remains of children.
Synonyms
incomplete, fragmental, fragmented, disconnected, disjointed, broken, discontinuous, piecemeal, in pieces;
incoherent, inconsistent, scrappy, bitty, sketchy, uneven, patchy, deficient, untidy, unsystematic, jumbled, inconclusive
Derivatives
fragmentarily
- These pieces amount to two anthems which survive complete, and some Anglican liturgical music which survives fragmentarily in Durham Cathedral Library and cannot be reconstructed.
- In the first place the elements of a simple past-tense narrative concerning Aristeas do not, even fragmentarily, run sequentially from the beginning to the end of the poem.
- Popular entertainment depicting disabled characters allude to these fears and prejudice or address them obliquely or fragmentarily, seeking to reassure ourselves.
- multiprocessor
- multi-product
- multiprogrammability
- multiprogrammable
- multiprogramme
- multiprogramming
- multipronged
- multiprotocol
- multipurpose
- multipurpose vehicle
- multiracial
- multiracialism
- multiracialist
- multiracially
- multiradial
- multiradiate
- multiradicular
- multi-range
- multireel
- multi-reflex
- multiregional
- multiregionalism
- multiregionalist
- multireligious
- multiresistant