irregularity

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abnormality constipation jag derangement quirk highlife freak exception variation disorder entropy irregular fault instability variance
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Antonyms

regularity norma system way order same
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Hypernyms

quality asymmetry imbalance symptom misbehavior misdeed

Hyponyms

noise deviation fluctuation wavering intermittence variability

Phrases with the word

eyelid irregularity leg irregularity skin irregularity cardiac irregularity vision irregularity visual irregularity

Derivatives

irregularities

Examples

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. Joseph Addison

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty. Aleister Crowley

That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty. Charles Baudelaire

It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue, and, moreover, you can time any little irregularity of your own so that everybody else is so blind that they don't see or care. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Every irregularity is not erroneous. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Actual economic systems are constantly subjected to change and disturbances, which would result in irregularity. Arnold Tustin

Close letter words and terms

irregular-pinnate irregularisation irregularist irregularization irregularize irregularly