all broken up; be torn to pieces; disconnected; fragmentary; fragmented;rigmarole; scrappy
❍ 他只会讲些～的英语。He can only speak broken English.
❍ 单凭这些～的材料，在百万人口的山城中，你们找不到我！(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》163) You would never have found me in this city of a million people on such scrappy information alone!
支离破碎
broken up; fragmented; shattered;occupied with unimportant details
这个国家已经～。This country has been broken up./～的消息scrappy information
支离破碎zhī lí pò suì
支离：残缺不全。形容四分五裂。fragmented, all broken up, fallen apart, bracks and cracks