fragmentary

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For criticism, streaming snippets are now carried along in a fragmentary rush of social media, bumping aside analog writing and reading.

From Los Angeles Times

Context-free details hint at unknown circumstances, and subjects are often tightly framed by trees or gaps in walls, so they can recount only fragmentary stories.

From Washington Post

Outside of southern California, there are not many finds of the species’ remains, and what finds do exist are often fragmentary.

From Washington Times

Only the Dead Sea Scrolls and a handful of fragmentary early medieval texts are older, and “an entire Hebrew Bible is relatively rare,” he said.

From Seattle Times

For most patients today, Penn says, doctors assemble a fragmentary picture of their risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes by performing separate tests for lipids, blood sugar, and inflammation.

From Science Magazine