irregularity
pronunciation
How to pronounce irregularity in British English:
UK [ɪˌreɡjəˈlærəti]
How to pronounce irregularity in American English:
US [ɪˌreɡjəˈlærəti]
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- Noun:
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
- an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
Word Origin
- irregularity (n.)
- early 14c., "violation of Church rules," from Old French irregularité (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin irregularitas, from irregularis (see irregular). Meaning "state of being not regular" is from 1590s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Similar to canyons , a combination of rock irregularity and gravity produces repeating patterns as water flows over the side of a sharp ledge .
- 2. To walk lamely , especially with irregularity , as if favoring one leg .
- 3. During this period of irregularity , which may have lasted millions of years , any rocky inner world sitting in the path of the hot jupiter and its new orbit would have been obliterated .
- 4. And his practice is apparent irregularity .
- 5. After three years we had got used to the irregularity of her visits .