fragmental
Broken into bits
Fragmental means consisting of fragments or having a fragmentary quality.
The word appears mainly in technical contexts—geologists describe fragmental rock formed from broken pieces of preexisting material.
In general use, fragmentary is the more common choice: fragmentary evidence, fragmentary memories.
Fragmental emphasizes the physical composition of discrete pieces rather than mere incompleteness.
Made of rock fragments
- brecciaCemented angular rock fragments
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- tuffSolidified volcanic ash
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
detritus · alluvium · lithic · strata · sandstone · siltstone · shale · gravel
Favoring one side
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
- sketchyIncomplete or suspicious
- inchoatePartially formed, undeveloped
rudimentary · undeveloped · tentative · provisional · preliminary · rough · scattered · disjointed
Damaged beyond function
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
shivered · disintegrated · burst · ruptured · crumbled · demolished · scattered · dispersed
Occurring in distinct segments
- vignetteBrief evocative description
- anecdotalBased on casual observation
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- discontinuousHaving breaks or gaps
scattered · disjointed · impressionistic · stream-of-consciousness · elliptical · modernist · experimental · snapshot
Collected group of things
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- tesseraeMosaic's constituent pieces
- compositeMade of distinct parts
patchwork · pieced · arrangement · compilation · aggregate · collected · gathered · reconstructed
clastic
Made of rock fragments
- brecciaCemented angular rock fragments
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- tuffSolidified volcanic ash
sedimentary · detritus · alluvium · lithic · strata · sandstone · siltstone · shale · gravel · erosion
partial
Favoring one side
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
- sketchyIncomplete or suspicious
inchoate · rudimentary · undeveloped · tentative · provisional · preliminary · rough · scattered · disjointed · piecemeal
broken
Damaged beyond function
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- crackedHaving surface fractures
smashed · shivered · disintegrated · burst · ruptured · crumbled · demolished · scattered · dispersed · discontinuous
episodic
Occurring in distinct segments
discontinuous · scattered · disjointed · impressionistic · stream-of-consciousness · elliptical · modernist · experimental · snapshot · glimpses
assemblage
Collected group of things
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- tesseraeMosaic's constituent pieces
composite · patchwork · pieced · arrangement · compilation · aggregate · collected · gathered · reconstructed · assembled
fragmentalcontinuous
Without pause or gap
connected · cohesive · seamless · uninterrupted · integrated
- sentence fragmentGrammatically incomplete unit
- bone fragmentBroken piece of skeleton
- fragmentation grenadeExplosive that scatters shrapnel
- glass fragmentsBroken transparent material pieces
- soul fragmentsScattered pieces of essence
- Okazaki fragmentsShort DNA replication pieces
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