discontinuous
adjective /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəs/
(formal)- not continuous; stopping and starting again synonym intermittent
- Women typically have 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’.