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Irregular   /ɪrˈɛgjələr/   Listen
Irregular

adjective
1.
Contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice.
2.
Not occurring at expected times.  Synonym: unpredictable.
3.
(used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces.  "Irregular warfare"
4.
(of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement.
5.
Falling below the manufacturer's standard.
6.
Deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal.  Synonym: atypical.  "Atypical clinical findings" , "Atypical pneumonia" , "Highly irregular behavior"
7.
Lacking continuity or regularity.  Synonym: temporary.  "Employed on a temporary basis"
8.
(of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical.
9.
Independent in behavior or thought.  Synonyms: maverick, unorthodox.  "Maverick politicians"
noun
1.
A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.  Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, insurgent.
2.
Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name.  Synonym: second.



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"Irregular" Quotes from Famous Books



... resemblance to a calf's head, meek to unmeaningness, and but little brightened by divergent bloodless eyes, divided by a straight flat nose, surmounted by a flat forehead, flanked by enormous ears, flabby and graceless. His thin, weak hair showed the baldness through various irregular partings. ...
— The Commission in Lunacy • Honore de Balzac
... What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearth-stone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead, and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and ...
— The Piazza Tales • Herman Melville
... something—just the faintest irregular beating on the ground—so faint indeed that he would not have believed it anything except for what the ...
— The Story of Red Feather - A Tale of the American Frontier • Edward S. (Edward Sylvester) Ellis
... all pieces of ordnance which are of unusual or irregular proportions: the government bastard-cannon had a 7-inch bore, and sent a 40-lb. shot. Also, a fair-weather square sail in some Mediterranean craft, and occasionally ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... I have said, no one dare call the street "bad." Let us say it is "irregular," "free," "above scandal," or "superior to criticism;" but let us not venture to term it "bad," as its neighbors Greene and Mercer are "bad." I cannot say it would be shocked by such a charge, for Bleecker street is never shocked at anything. ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe


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