nonconsecutive
Skipping some between
Nonconsecutive describes things that don't follow one after another in unbroken sequence.
Nonconsecutive numbers skip values: 1, 3, 7.
Nonconsecutive days have gaps between them: The medication is taken on nonconsecutive days.
A president serving nonconsecutive terms left office and later returned.
Not in continuous order
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- skippedWent past without stopping
- gappedHaving spaces between
- nonadjacentNot directly beside
staggered · interleaved · spaced · intervals · separated · intermittent · broken · discontinuous
Shocked or unevenly spaced
- intermittentOccurring at irregular intervals
- splitSeparation into parts
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- rotatingTurning on an axis
intervals · breaks · spaced · dispersed · distributed · phased · periodic · fragmented
Went past without stopping
- gappedHaving spaces between
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- randomOccurring without pattern
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
irregular · disjointed · unordered · fragmented · discontinuous · nonlinear · jumbled · disordered
nonsequential
Not in continuous order
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- skippedWent past without stopping
- gappedHaving spaces between
nonadjacent · staggered · interleaved · spaced · intervals · separated · intermittent · broken · discontinuous · disjointed
staggered
Shocked or unevenly spaced
- intermittentOccurring at irregular intervals
- splitSeparation into parts
- alternatingOccurring in turns
rotating · intervals · breaks · spaced · dispersed · distributed · phased · periodic · fragmented · separated
skipped
Went past without stopping
scattered · irregular · disjointed · unordered · fragmented · discontinuous · nonlinear · jumbled · disordered · sparse
nonconsecutiveconsecutive
Following in unbroken sequence
successive · sequential · straight · back-to-back · succeeding