fragmented
Adjective: 1. Broken into separate parts or pieces: Describes something that was once whole or unified but has been divided, often resulting in a lack of cohesion or connection. 2. Disconnected or disunited: Refers to a state where the parts no longer function effectively as a single unit, often implying disorder or weakness.
The adjective "fragmented" is used to describe the state of an object, system, group, or idea that has been broken apart. It emphasizes the result of a division that damages the original unity or integrity. - It is often used in contexts discussing politics, society, data storage, memory, or abstract concepts. - It typically carries a negative connotation, suggesting ineffectiveness, confusion, or weakness due to the lack of unity.
- Describing a political group:
- The opposition party became a fragmented coalition with no clear leader.
- Describing data or information:
- My notes on the topic are fragmented and scattered across several notebooks.
- A fragmented hard drive can slow down your computer's performance.
- Describing society or thought:
- In the digital age, our attention is often fragmented by multiple streams of information.
- "Fragmented narrative/structure": A literary or cinematic technique where the story is presented out of chronological order or through disjointed pieces.
- The novel uses a fragmented narrative to reflect the protagonist's troubled memory.
- "Fragmented market/industry": An economic sector with many small competitors and no dominant players.
- They entered the highly fragmented market for organic skincare products.
- Fragment (noun): A small part broken or separated off something.
- Archaeologists found a fragment of an ancient pottery jar.
- Fragment (verb): To break or cause to break into fragments.
- The explosion fragmented the rock into thousands of pieces.
- Fragmentation (noun): The process or state of breaking or being broken into fragments.
- The fragmentation of the empire led to decades of war.
- Disunited: Lacking unity.
- Disconnected: Having had the connections removed or broken.
- Split: Divided, especially into opposing groups.
- Shattered: Broken violently into many pieces (can be literal or figurative).
- Unified: Made into or become a single unit.
- Cohesive: Characterized by or causing cohesion.
- Intact: Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.
- Whole: Entire, not divided or broken.
- "Fragmented state of mind": A mental state characterized by an inability to focus or think coherently.
- After the shocking news, she was in a fragmented state of mind for days.
- "Fragmented landscape": Can refer literally to a physically broken terrain or figuratively to a divided political or social environment.
- The election results revealed a fragmented political landscape.
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having been divided; having the unity destroyed
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Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces-Samuel Lubell
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a league of disunited nations- E.B.White
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a fragmented coalition
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a split group
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