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   Ir·reg·u·lar·i·ty

   /ˌi(r)ˌreɡyəˈlerədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state or quality of being irregular: "there is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale" Similar asymmetrylack of symmetrynonuniformityunevennesscrookednesslopsidednesscontortiondeformityjaggednessraggednesscragginessindentationroughnessbumpinessunevennesscoarsenesslumpinessknobblinessrare:knobbinessinconsistencyunsteadinessunevennessfitfulnesspatchinesshaphazardnessinconstancyinstabilityvariabilitychangeablenessfluctuationunpunctualityunpredictabilityunreliabilityvolatilityficklenesscapricecasualnessdesultorinesstechnical:aperiodicityrare:erraticismintermittenceintermittencyimproprietyincorrectnesswrongdoingmisconductillegitimacydishonestycorruptionimmoralityunscrupulousnessunprofessionalisminappropriatenessunacceptabilityunseemlinessindecorousnessindiscretionindelicacyunorthodoxyunconventionalityinformal:shadinesscrookednessabnormalityunusualnessuncommonnessstrangenesswaywardnessoddnessunexpectednesssingularityatypicalityanomalyanomalousnessdeviationdivergenceaberrancyaberrationfreakishnesspeculiaritycuriousnesseccentricityidiosyncrasyquirkinessunorthodoxyOpposite regularitystraightnessregularitysmoothnessregularitysteadinesscorrectness
   • ▪ a thing that is irregular in form or nature: "irregularities of the heartbeat" Similar bumplumpbulgehumpknobknotprojectionprominenceeminenceridgeprotuberancekinkholehollowpitcraterdepressiondipindentationtroughdentdintgapspacebreakcrackchinkfissurecrannyinformal:sticky-out bitrare:concavityfluctuationflutterwaverflickerfalterquivertremortremblehiccupimproprietyincorrectnesswrongdoingmisconductillegitimacydishonestycorruptionimmoralityunscrupulousnessunprofessionalisminappropriatenessunacceptabilityunseemlinessindecorousnessindiscretionindelicacyunorthodoxyunconventionalityinformal:shadinesscrookednessOpposite correctness

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French irregularite, from late Latin irregularitas, from irregularis (see irregular).

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