Usually means: Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous.
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Similar:
sporadic, periodic, periodical, intermitten, subcontinuous, intercurrent, intermomentary, intercident, intervening, intersticed, more...

Opposite:
continuous, constant, steady, unceasing, uninterrupted

Types:
on-off, pulse, modulated, more...

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Adjectives:
first, acute, chronic, pernicious, simple, best, mild, ordinary, regular, continuous, quotidian

Crossword clues:
not always,   comes and goes,   stop and start,   in and out of,   turned off and on,   only sometimes,   on off,   in short bursts,   not always possible,   starts and stops

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