intermitting
Ceasing then resuming
Intermitting means stopping and starting at intervals—occurring in broken or interrupted stretches rather than continuously.
A fever that comes and goes is intermitting.
The word is the present participle of intermit, a formal verb meaning to pause or suspend temporarily: The rain kept intermitting throughout the afternoon.
Occurring irregularly, infrequently
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
- fitfulIrregular and spasmodic
- spasmodicOccurring in irregular bursts
erratic · occasional · periodic · discontinuous · on-and-off · patchy · uneven · inconsistent
sporadic
Occurring irregularly, infrequently
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
- fitfulIrregular and spasmodic
spasmodic · erratic · occasional · periodic · discontinuous · on-and-off · patchy · uneven · inconsistent · fluctuating
intermittingcontinuous
Without pause or gap
uninterrupted · constant · steady · perpetual · unceasing
commit, permit, submit, interrupt, emit, transmit, interruption, remit, intermission