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broken sleep

broken sleep noun: sleep punctuated by disturbances so as to be discontinuous and insufficient.

Noun

broken sleep (uncountable)

  1. Sleep punctuated by disturbances so as to be discontinuous and insufficient.

Questions about broken sleep

What does broken sleep mean?
Broken sleep means sleep punctuated by disturbances so as to be discontinuous and insufficient.
What part of speech is broken sleep?
Broken sleep is a noun.

Words near broken sleep in the dictionary

  1. broken rhyme
  2. broken rhymes
  3. broken rice
  4. broken rigor
  5. broken shins
  6. broken sleep
  7. broken someone's back
  8. broken someone's balls
  9. broken someone's face
  10. broken someone's heart
  11. broken source

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