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US
/ˌɪˈɹɛɡjəɫɝ/
]
[ UK /ɪɹˈɛɡjuːlɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɪɹˈɛɡjuːlɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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independent in behavior or thought
maverick politicians
she led a somewhat irregular private life -
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
irregular hiring practices -
(of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical
walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface -
deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
highly irregular behavior
these days large families are atypical
atypical pneumonia
atypical clinical findings - (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
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not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals
an irregular heartbeat -
(used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
irregular warfare
irregular troops -
failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection
an irregular pair of jeans -
lacking continuity or regularity
an irregular worker
employed on a temporary basis
NOUN
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
How To Use irregular In A Sentence
- Let the term geoid apply to the natural irregular surface of the earth and the term spheroid to the ideal regular sur - face of the geodesist which coincides nearly with sealevel and is necessarily a level surface. Transactions - American Philosophical Society
- With tile nippers cut tiles to irregular shapes.
- Palpation of the nasal structures should be done to elicit any crepitus, indentation, or irregularity of the nasal bone.
- My politicization had happened at irregular intervals during my primary and secondary school days.
- Another feature of interest is the rarity with which axillary prolification is found in irregular gamopetalous blooms. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- An irregular heartbeat or a blood clot are suspected by the coroner. The Sun
- This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
- Haematoma in the abdominal cavity was found as an irregular echo free zone between left hepatic lobe and the transplanted pancreas.
- The space between these anterior and posterior openings makes a large chamber, divided by a vertical wall into halves, each of which is still further separated into three irregular cavities by three bones, called spongy, from the porosity and delicacy of their texture. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
- Their rather irregular position within the Church of Ireland could not really continue.
