Used in a Sentence

fractured

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fractured.

Editorial note

The straw hasn't fractured the camel's back yet, but I imagine the camel is wishing it would all just end.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Split into groups which disagree.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fractured gathered in one view.

adjective

Split into groups which disagree.

adjective

(not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fractured.

adjective

Split into groups which disagree.

adjective

(not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.

Example sentences

1

The straw hasn't fractured the camel's back yet, but I imagine the camel is wishing it would all just end.

2

It's not my fault you fell for all the war-is-glorious propaganda and then came home a fractured mess (the ineptitude of the VA is another issue).

3

The problem is building on top of a weak, fractured foundation that was designed for an entirely different application than we now want.

4

Or maybe what the theorem really tries to say is that the universe is self-consistent in time and space - it does not consist of multiple, fractured domains.

5

Residential construction is very fractured when it comes to trades, and at the best of times, difficult to coordinate.

6

So it is really a question of whether it deformed first and then cracked, or fractured early.

7

This is fractured because the electorate that place these politicians into positions of power cannot unite together to challenge them.

8

Proper citation is often difficult but can be as important as the work itself, other wise the knowledge graph is fractured.

9

It's almost always easy to vanquish fractured, poorly organized competition when it comes to politics.

10

One way to turn a crappy bomb into a really powerful one is to constrain it in something that can be fractured.

11

Galileo’s camera and spectrometers revealed that the icy crust is fractured and frequently covered with material that appears to have originated in the ocean below.

12

And tech is already fractured along left and right lines.

Quote examples

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Their "open" system is a fractured jumble of closed systems with indifferent maintainers.

2

They continue to actively create the "fractured" world of Android.

3

The number of identified cases, however, was small compared to the number of hydraulically fractured wells." One of the largest concerns with fracking is surface water pollution.

4

"Equal time" laws, which are so specific and narrow in their scope to the point of being almost meaningless in a fractured media landscape.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fractured in a sentence?

The straw hasn't fractured the camel's back yet, but I imagine the camel is wishing it would all just end.

What does fractured mean?

Split into groups which disagree.

What part of speech is fractured?

fractured is commonly used as adjective.