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Definition of irregular:
- Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular.
- One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
Synonyms:
maverick, crooked, wavering, notched, bumpy, imperfect, unequal, usual, indorsement, devious, freedom fighter, secondment, unsettled, suspicious, casual, asymmetrical, impermanent, atypic, unconventional, mo, occasional, partisan, jerking, atypical, temporary, fragmentary, good, rebel, smooth, straight, damaged, even, randomised, randomized, abnormal, dubious, s, changing, uneven, substandard, instant, wobbly, preternatural, jagged, second, sec, guerilla, second base, anomalistic, craggy, unnatural, regular, part-time, broken, unsymmetrical, unreliable, arrhythmic, second gear, changeable, improper, recurrent, elliptical, uncertain, arcsecond, unsteady, partizan, unpredictable, strong, infrequent, jerky, discontinuous, spasmodic, lumpy, unorthodox, meandering, bit, questionable, insurgent, unlawful, underground, moment, hilly, guerrilla, grab, minute, insurrectionist, endorsement, sporadic.
- deformed (part of speech: adjective)
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chaotic (part of speech: adjective)
- shapeless,
- disorganized,
- cluttered,
- lax,
- inexact,
- insane,
- inchoate,
- confused,
- disarrayed,
- tumultuous,
- inconsistent,
- out of control,
- embroiled,
- deformed,
- perturbed,
- unruly,
- deranged,
- undisciplined,
- wild,
- messy,
- formless,
- loose,
- chaotic,
- tempestuous,
- disconnected,
- discomposed,
- disordered,
- rambunctious,
- incoherent,
- blurry,
- indefinite,
- muddled,
- obscure,
- lawless,
- jumbled,
- frantic,
- fuzzy,
- frenzied,
- amorphous,
- disorderly,
- anarchical,
- disheveled,
- indistinct,
- uneven,
- anarchistic,
- disintegrated
- irregular (part of speech: adjective)
- motiveless (part of speech: adjective)
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nonconforming (part of speech: adjective)
- fey,
- quirky,
- curious,
- funny,
- uncustomary,
- bizarre,
- unusual,
- different,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- unconventional,
- freakish,
- aberrant,
- un-ordinary,
- odd,
- divergent,
- off,
- crosspatch,
- crazy,
- misfit,
- deviant,
- outlandish,
- atypical,
- oddball,
- singular,
- novel,
- extraordinary,
- uncommon,
- deranged,
- oddity,
- queer,
- improper,
- anomalous,
- idiosyncratic,
- mismatch,
- strange,
- eccentric,
- nonconforming,
- out of the ordinary,
- untypical,
- erratic,
- unique,
- exceptional,
- abnormal,
- peculiar,
- inconsistent,
- unfamiliar
Usage examples:
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She kept a kind of irregular diary in an exercise book and sent it to me.
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She wants regular exercise; but irregular exercise is very trying to any but a strong person.
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It was a brilliant January noon, and the sun poured through the great windows, casting irregular patches of light upon the throng within.