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UK
/ɪɹˌɛɡjuːlˈæɹɪti/
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[ US /ˌɪˌɹɛɡjəˈɫɛɹəti/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˌɹɛɡjəˈɫɛɹəti/ ]
NOUN
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
How To Use irregularity In A Sentence
- A council statement added: ‘One concerns a petty cash irregularity and the other concerns the use of council funds.’
- But his features, in spite of irregularity, and a complexion resembling the tone of 'foxed' paper, attracted observation, and rewarded it; his eye had a pleasant twinkle, oddly in contrast with the lines of painful thought upon his forehead, and the severity of strained muscles in the lower part of his face. The Whirlpool
- ‘Sir Alex Ferguson received treatment in hospital following a routine check-up several months ago which revealed a minor heart irregularity,’ it said.
- The great number of windows in the ends of the houses, and their irregularity in size and position, here and elsewhere on the Cape, struck us agreeably, -- as if each of the various occupants who had their _cunabula_ behind had punched a hole where his necessities required it, and according to his size and stature, without regard to outside effect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
- Watershed catchments do indeed have much variation in their size, shape, topographic slope and irregularity, soils, land use and cover, and climate setting.
- Lastly, they are to be taught that not only the unjust facts, but the designs and intentions to do them, though by accident hindered, are injustice; which consisteth in the pravity of the will, as well as in the irregularity of the act. Leviathan
- Therefore, any affection causing a sensation and sign of pain which is increased by the bearing of weight upon the affected member, or by the moving of such a distressed part, results in an irregularity in locomotion, which is known as lameness or claudication. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
- He pressed his body up against hers in a more intimate manner and she heard his every breathing irregularity.
- Others think that this proverb admonisheth the guests to forget everything that is spoken or done in company; and agreeably to this, the ancients used to consecrate forgetfulness with a ferula to Bacchus, thereby intimating that we should either not remember any irregularity committed in mirth and company, or apply a gentle and childish correction to the faults. Symposiacs
- If, theoretically, some irregularity is found and the process must begin again, let us hope that this happens sooner rather than later.