fragmentary

Everyday

Fragmentary means broken into small pieces, or only partly known, not whole. tree →

In the lessons

a story or picture that survives only in pieces, so the reader must fill the gaps

Examples

• The old map was fragmentary, with pieces missing. tree →
• We had only fragmentary news of the battle. tree →
• The fragmentary pictures showed a kingdom under the earth. tree →

Note

a fragmentary list has parts missing, so a total taken from it may be too small