See fitful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "unregelmäßig"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "aśānt",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "अशांत"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "a singhiozzo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "irregolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "rapsodico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "sporadico"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a breeze",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "pūrekereke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "niespokojny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peremežajuščijsja",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "перемежающийся"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poryvistyj",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "порывистый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preryvistyj",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "прерывистый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sudorožnyj",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "судорожный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "inestable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "irregular"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular",
"word": "đứt quãng"
}
],
"word": "fitful"
}
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