Meaning & use

bitty

adjective·Advanced

Made up of small, disconnected pieces that don't fit smoothly together, often lacking a clear structure.

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The essay felt bitty, jumping between unrelated ideas without any real connection.

Their afternoon felt bitty, broken up by constant phone calls and errands.

A note on using this word

Bitty is informal, mainly used in British English, and almost always carries a mildly negative sense of messiness or lack of flow.

Words with a similar meaning

fragmenteddisjointed

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