July 10, 2008

Sporadic

sporadic



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–adjective 
1. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional
sporadic reNEWals of [enthusiasm]. 
2.
appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease
3. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others. 
4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality: the sporadic growth of plants. 

Also, sporadical.

—Synonyms 
3. separate, unconnected.
—Antonyms 
1. continuous.


18865854  
From time to time, Suzanne recognizes her neglect of young Simon and then overcompensates with sporadic bursts of affection and devotion. She remains far more concerned with the pressures of her daily life 
— specifically, the problems wrought by her downstairs tenant (Hippolyte Giardot) and by Simon's ere [air] -estranged father — than with the emotional state of her young son. 


see ephemera

sporadic irregular, occasional
inadvertent unintentional, heedless

oblique neither perpendicular nor parallel →indirect 
ulterior concealed, future

remittent【醫】弛張的;忽輕忽重的



 




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