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What is the adjective for intermittent?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb intermit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

intermittent
  1. Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
  2. (specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. irregular, sporadic, erratic, spasmodic, fitful, occasional, periodic, unsteady, episodic, recurring, discontinuous, aperiodic, recurrent, spotty, periodical, episodical, random, choppy, patchy, disconnected, cyclical, interrupted, fragmentary, broken, continual, casual, cyclic, seasonal, catchy, infrequent, alternate, odd, shifting, scattered, isochronal, isochronous, isolated, epochal, punctuated, alternating, arrested, checked, discontinuing, iterant, iterative, metrical, rhythmical, rhythmic, serial, on-and-off … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Despite heavy, continuous rain and intermittent patches of fog, it would take an earthquake to stop us!”
intermissive
  1. Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Concerning a process that integrates the tactical management and the strategic management in a unique and continuous intermissive process.”
      “Make pleasure thy recreation or intermissive relaxation, not thy Diana, life, and profession.”
      “I reduced Ireland, after so many intermissive wars, to a perfect passive obedience.”
intermitted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of intermit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deferred, postponed, delayed, shelved, suspended, adjourned, rescheduled, tabled, remitted, mothballed, prorogued, stayed, pigeonholed, respited, stalled, retarded, continued, prolonged, protracted, detained, procrastinated, impeded, hindered, slowed, extended, obstructed, lengthened, blocked, waived, put off, held over, put back, put on ice, held up, held off, put over, held in abeyance, put on hold, put in cold storage, laid over, held off on, hung fire, took a rain check on, taken a rain check on, laid on the table, put on the back burner, set aside, carried over, put on back burner, gave rain check … more
intermitting
  1. present participle of intermit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deferring, postponing, delaying, shelving, suspending, adjourning, rescheduling, tabling, remitting, mothballing, proroguing, staying, pigeonholing, respiting, stalling, retarding, continuing, prolonging, protracting, detaining, procrastinating, impeding, hindering, slowing, extending, obstructing, lengthening, blocking, waiving, putting off, holding over, putting back, putting on ice, holding up, holding off, putting over, holding in abeyance, putting on hold, putting in cold storage, laying over, holding off on, hanging fire, taking a rain check on, laying on the table, putting on the back burner, setting aside, carrying over, putting on back burner, giving rain check, interrupting … more
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