staccato

adjective

Definition of staccatonext
as in disconnected

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Recent Examples of staccato Majok sculpts the play’s first half for the director and actors to exist in a start/stop/repeat staccato rhythm of conversational interchanges. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 At the same time, the audio trace fills with a rapid series of ultrasonic echolocation calls, the staccato sound of a hunter steering through darkness. — Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026 Just as young people want the information now, not in ancient and flat form, but in something that's much harder and more creative with a staccato, machine-gun style of delivery. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Nov. 2025 However, some things are easier said than done, which is why policy shifts and responses have been staccato and unpredictable at times. — Jason Schenker, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for staccato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
  1. disconnected
  2. dissonant
  3. strident
Adjective
  • Clients needed better alignment between marketing, sales, data and AI instead of more disconnected tactics.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dump sink next to the cooks line has a disconnected drain line.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • The score was such a beautiful, odd, dissonant piece of work.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026
  • This is reminding me of watching Slint play a reunion show in 2014 under the I-65 highway at a festival in Louisville, and how simultaneously awesome and cognitively dissonant that experience was.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • Merton did not believe in the cold war’s strident moral opposition between the free and unfree worlds.
    — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Teams take on the personality of their leaders, sometimes to the chagrin of those seeking something more strident.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of strident

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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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