syncopated

adj

1. of a word, shortened by syncope
2. of a rhythm, modified by syncopation

   “At one point, her spidery abstractions gave way to a series of abruptly syncopated hits, like a deranged allusion to the Thelonious Monk tune “Evidence.””

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of syncopate