fractured
adjective
frac·tured
ˈfrak-chərd 
-shərd
1
: having a crack or break : having suffered a fracture
a fractured arm/skull/rib
a fractured rock
2
: damaged or destroyed in a sudden or violent way
fractured friendships
3
: imperfectly spoken or written : broken
speaking fractured English/French
Examples of fractured in a Sentence
a fractured radius that will have to be pieced together with a metal plate and screws
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Following the death of Pope Clement IV, the College of Cardinals convened in Viterbo, Italy, but were too fractured a group to reach consensus.
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Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Told from the fragmented and colliding perspectives of Smith, her psychiatrist, and her former lover, the film explores themes of fame, codependency, and self-destruction in a fractured American psyche.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 May 2025
In which case, the fractured stuff in our lives can remind us to take care, to practice compassion, to remain open-minded.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
After playing one game and attempting one pass in his first four years with the Chargers, Stick started four games (all losses) at the end of the 2023 season when Justin Herbert was sidelined with a fractured finger.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Told from the fragmented and colliding perspectives of Smith, her psychiatrist, and her former lover, the film explores themes of fame, codependency, and self-destruction in a fractured American psyche.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 May 2025
In which case, the fractured stuff in our lives can remind us to take care, to practice compassion, to remain open-minded.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
After playing one game and attempting one pass in his first four years with the Chargers, Stick started four games (all losses) at the end of the 2023 season when Justin Herbert was sidelined with a fractured finger.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractured. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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