disconnected
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Tearing and breaking into pieces
apart
asunder
bobble
bobbly
break into pieces
chip
crack
disintegration
dismantle
fall apart
fall to piecesidiom
fragment
fragmentation
rip
snag
splinter
split
sunder
tear something apart
tear something up
Related word
fragmentation
fragmented | American Dictionary
fragmented
adjective
us/ˈfræɡˌmen·tɪd/
separated into or consisting of several parts:
a fragmented narrative
a country fragmented by social strife
fragmented | Business English
fragmented
adjective
uk /fræɡˈmentɪd/ us /-ṱɪd/
used to describe an industry or business activity that has many companies with no one company being much more important than the others:
a fragmented industry/market/sectorBrown is currently buying smaller insurance agencies, helping to consolidate the highly fragmented industry.