irregardless
See irregardless in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭrˌĭ-gärdˈlĭs)
adverb Nonstandard Regardless.
Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of
irrespective and
regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative
ir- prefix and
-less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like
debone and
unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
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