FRAGMENTAL Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmental

adjective

frag-ˈmen-tᵊl

Definition of fragmental next

as in incomplete

lacking some necessary part we will have to settle for a quick, fragmental explanation of what happened

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Recent Examples of fragmental The plume is made of three things: (1) steam - a lot of it; (2) ash - fine, fragmental pieces of silicate glass, not stuff from your backyard BBQ (which is burned carbon); (3) volcanic gases like CO2, SO2, H2S and others. —

Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2011 This would generate a cloud of hot gases and fragmental volcanic material, which could then move downslope gravitationally. —

Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2011

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Internal emails reviewed by the Herald/Times show that Uthmeier began teaching at UF’s Levin College of Law more than a month before his first course was formally approved, submitted incomplete syllabi and never received the full faculty sign-off required under law school protocols.

— Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The dam should be left as a monument and memorial to the folly and damage that the incomplete Barge Canal caused.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026