Irregular meaning
Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice.
Irregular hiring practices.
adjective
Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration.
An irregular heartbeat.
adjective
Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical.
Irregular facial features.
adjective
The definition of irregular is something that doesn't conform to accepted or normal standards or that doesn't occur at regular intervals.
When you go to the doctor on no set schedule, this is an example of a situation where you make irregular visits to the doctor.
When you do not behave like your usual self, this is an example of a situation where your behavior is irregular.
adjective
Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.
An irregular marriage.
adjective
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Falling below the manufacturer's standard or usual specifications; imperfect.
adjective
(grammar) Departing from the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation, as the present forms of the verb be or the plural noun children.
adjective
Not belonging to a permanent, organized military force.
Irregular troops.
adjective
A soldier, such as a guerrilla, who is not a member of a regular military force.
noun
Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice.
Irregular hiring practices.
adjective
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Deviating from a type; atypical.
adjective
(botany) Having differing floral parts, as of a zygomorphic or asymmetric flower.
adjective
One, such as an item of merchandise, that is irregular.
noun
Not conforming to established rule, method, usage, standard, etc.; out of the ordinary; anomalous.
adjective
Not conforming to legal or moral requirements; lawless; disorderly.
adjective
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Not straight or even; not symmetrical; not uniform in shape, design, or proportion.
adjective
Uneven in occurrence or succession; variable or erratic.
adjective
Having minor flaws or imperfections.
adjective
Not defecating at more or less fixed intervals or times; experiencing constipation.
adjective
(bot.) Not uniform in shape, size, etc., as the petals of a flower.
adjective
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(gram.) Not inflected in the usual way.
“go” is an irregular verb.
adjective
(mil.) Not belonging to the regularly established army.
adjective
A person or thing that is irregular.
noun
A soldier who belongs to an irregular military force.
noun
Irregular merchandise.
noun
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Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical.
Irregular facial features.
adjective
Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration.
An irregular heartbeat.
adjective
Deviating from a type; atypical.
adjective
(botany) Having differing floral parts, as of a zygomorphic or asymmetric flower.
adjective
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(geometry, of a polygon) Not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.
adjective
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (are not equally inclined to each other).
adjective
Origin of irregular
- From Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin irregularis, from in- + regularis.
From Wiktionary