intermittent

[in-ter-mit-nt] / ˌɪn tərˈmɪt nt /

ADJECTIVE

irregular, sporadic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fitful infrequent occasional periodic recurrent recurring seasonal

WEAK

alternate arrested broken by bits and pieces checked cyclic cyclical discontinuing discontinuous epochal every other here and there hit-or-miss interrupted isochronal isochronous iterant iterative metrical now and then on and off periodical punctuated rhythmic rhythmical serial shifting spasmodic stop-and-go

Antonyms

STRONGEST

constant frequent permanent regular usual

WEAK

continual continuing perpetual

Example Sentences

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By nature, they’re intermittent and risk prolonged blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Since launching from Earth on Wednesday, the four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion capsule have had some intermittent issues with their toilet.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

If you loved creating a whole personality around intermittent fasting, welcome: You’ve found your people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

But after years of intermittent water shortages, residents say they are fed up.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Those difficulties of terrain, combined with the state of intermittent warfare that characterized relations between New Guinea bands or villages, account for traditional New Guinea’s linguistic, cultural, and political fragmentation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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