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fragmentary

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

Editorial note

You can find tons of operations, warning, and fragmentary orders online, including orders used in combat theaters previously.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

adjective

(geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fragmentary.

Example sentences

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You can find tons of operations, warning, and fragmentary orders online, including orders used in combat theaters previously.

2

> It is difficult to comprehensively track the movement of prices on Amazon, so the evidence is anecdotal and fragmentary.

3

You would be attempting to reconstruct someone's mind from the outside in, with very fragmentary life-logs.

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It’s an incredibly complex and politically charged subject with all sorts of contradictory and fragmentary information bouncing around various info-channels.

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The geologic record of past major extinctions (there have probably been many more minor ones) is extremely fragmentary and inconclusive.

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But in fairness, many pre-Socratic works are so fragmentary that it's difficult to even consider them works, nevermind philosophical works.

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It's ok to doodle in code, but don't spend hours building something that is conceptually fragmentary.

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Radios out of scrap wire & fragmentary parts, goofy vehicles from whatever rods & panels available, toys from broken widgets, etc.

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But be ready for an increasing amount of entropy as you move from formal operations orders to warning orders to fragmentary orders.

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For monetary debt, these fragmentary artifacts may in fact be surrendered to the creditors.

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The submitted article correctly notes that the history of the Inca empire is fragmentary because of a severe lack of written sources.

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I learnt from electronics.stackexchange in the other direction: I applied my fragmentary knowledge to answering questions, as a hobby.

Quote examples

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And Bitcoin speculators are pricing in the frictional impact of changing to another arbitrary, fragmentary currency "when we need it"...where, exactly?

2

Your argument presumes an inference of the definition from the etymology, which would perhaps not be an unreasonable approach if you were a future archeologist stumbling on the fragmentary remains of our society and the only information you had for interpreting the modern English word "feminism" was an idea of its linguistic roots.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use fragmentary in a sentence?

You can find tons of operations, warning, and fragmentary orders online, including orders used in combat theaters previously.

What does fragmentary mean?

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

What part of speech is fragmentary?

fragmentary is commonly used as adjective.