NONCONTINUOUS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

noncontinuous

adjective

Definition of noncontinuous

as in discontinuous

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Recent Examples of noncontinuous Another strategy that the ATC has been promoting in recent years is the flip-flop—a noncontinuous thru-hike. — Karen Berger, Outside Online, 28 June 2021 There, Russia maintains the noncontinuous territory of Kaliningrad, a militarized outpost between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and studied by NATO as the potential area where trouble could begin. — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 14 May 2020 Inside the book were hundreds of pages of delicate pen-and-ink renderings of brain cells by the 20th-century Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who discovered the noncontinuous nature of neurons, which communicate across a minuscule gap. — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020 Early storylines ■ Wellesley looks to increase its close lead over Needham (62-60-9) in teh country’s oldest noncontinuous high school rivalry. — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontinuous

Adjective

Clock hands circle predictably and calendar pages turn on schedule, but internally, within our bodies, minds and hearts, time is a whole different thing — discontinuous, wondrous, searing.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The gin is produced using the traditional discontinuous, indirect steam distillation method on a base of Italian grain alcohol, allowing each botanical to be infused gradually and with precision.

— Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of discontinuous

Adjective

But amid a growing water crisis in the West, and periodic droughts in other parts of the country, constant water access is not a given.

— Simmone Shah, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
And periodic ceasefires during the war sent global oil prices lower – only to rise again whenever those agreements have lapsed or run out.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of periodic

Adjective

His new marrow engrafted quickly, and aside from some recurrent adenovirus, his recovery went remarkably well.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Joan Baez, yet another famous fan, emerges as one of the diary’s recurrent characters, and a kind of guiding spirit for this metamorphosis.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026