interrupted

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adjective

in·​ter·​rupt·​ed ˌin-tə-ˈrəp-təd 

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: broken in upon : discontinuous

an interrupted stripe

interrupted service

an interrupted phone call

interrupted sleep

2

botany : not uniform : broken in arrangement or symmetry

… flowers whorled in interrupted clusters.

—Charles E. Turner

3

phonetics : consisting of or containing a stop in articulation

\k\ is an interrupted consonant

interruptedly adverb

… Jeanne's mother had been … schoolmate and good girlfriend to Maria Gostrey, who had moreover enjoyed since then, though interruptedly … , other glimpses of her.

—Henry James

interruptedness noun

"I am much obliged to you for giving me full notice," he said, with a firm intention in his tone, yet with an interruptedness in his delivery which showed that he spoke unwillingly.

—George Eliot

interrupted

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past tense and past participle of interrupt entry 1

Examples of interrupted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

At times, the school board turned off the microphone or interrupted speakers speaking in support of Alzubi. —Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026

Noah Wyle gets interrupted during our interview when someone from his team walks in with a prosthetic leg. —Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026

In others it is interrupted before it is heard. —Vogue, 1 June 2026

During their performance, which was temporarily interrupted due to rain, Slater and Val Chmerkovskiy wiped out on the catwalk during group choreography that also included Britt Stewart, Jenna Johnson and Hailey Bills. —Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for interrupted

• uncorrupted
• corrupted
• disrupted
• erupted
• uninterrupted