fragmented

1. 1.

   having been divided; having the unity destroyed

   “Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces”

   “a league of disunited nations”

   “a fragmented coalition”

   “a split group”

   Synonymsdisconnecteddisunitedsplit

   Similardivided

Questions about fragmented

What does fragmented mean?

fragmented means "having been divided; having the unity destroyed".

How many syllables are in fragmented?

fragmented has 3 syllables: frag-men-ted. The stress falls on "frag". In IPA it is /ˈfɹæɡməntɪd/.

What is another word for fragmented?

Close synonyms include disconnected, disunited, split. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fragmented a common word?

fragmented is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.