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disrupted

disrupted

4 4.6
Not working or happening in the normal way because something stops it
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈrʌptɪd/
: interrumpido
  • His sleep was disrupted by loud noises coming from the street.

So people experience heightened levels of anxiety, disrupted mood, disrupted brain state, and so on.

Examples

  • So if those supply chains get disrupted, that means less supply.

  • It was your education that was disrupted, your lives that were disrupted.

  • And then we just know that supplies were completely disrupted during COVID.

  • So people experience heightened levels of anxiety, disrupted mood, disrupted brain state, and so on.

    Andrew Huberman

  • And that's balance seems to be disrupted in ADHD.

  • It is not easily disrupted and it won't be easily disrupted.

  • The concert was disrupted by heavy rainfall, forcing everyone to leave early.

  • The meeting was disrupted multiple times by technical difficulties, making it hard to focus.

Synonyms

broken
vsdisrupted
16 1.0

Happening in separate parts, not continuous

focuses on gaps or breaks that stop a smooth continuous flow
interrupted
vsdisrupted
12 3.4

Happening with short pauses that stop and start again

involves gaps that break smoothness rather than only pauses
disturbed
vsdisrupted
2 4.1

Not in the original position or order

describes gaps or breaks that interrupt continuity not position

Antonyms

smooth
238 1.0

Moving or happening in an even, easy way without sudden problems

continuous
157 3.7

Without a break or gap, for example in a curve

How Continuous

continuous
157 3.7
sporadic
34 7.0
intermittent
36 6.5
disrupted
4 4.6
fragmented
29 4.4
broken
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

disrupted positive

Morphology

disrupted = disrupt (transparent) = disrupt + ed

The adjective is a regular participial formation from the verb 'disrupt' and keeps the core meaning of being interrupted or broken.

Etymology

Disrupted comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' and rupt meaning 'break', the same root you see in rupture. So, if something is disrupted it has been 'broken apart' or stopped, which is why it is not continuous or smooth.