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irregularity noun [ ɪˌrɛɡjʊˈlarɪti ]

• the state or quality of being irregular.
• "there is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale"
Similar: asymmetry, lack of symmetry, non-uniformity, unevenness, crookedness, lopsidedness, contortion, deformity, jaggedness, raggedness, cragginess, indentation, roughness, bumpiness, coarseness, lumpiness, knobbliness, knobbiness, inconsistency, unsteadiness, fitfulness, patchiness, haphazardness, inconstancy, instability, variability, changeableness, fluctuation, unpunctuality, unpredictability, unreliability, volatility, fickleness, caprice, casualness, desultoriness, aperiodicity, erraticism, intermittence, intermittency, impropriety, incorrectness, wrongdoing, misconduct, illegitimacy, dishonesty, corruption, immorality, unscrupulousness, unprofessionalism, inappropriateness, unacceptability, unseemliness, indecorousness, indiscretion, indelicacy, unorthodoxy, unconventionality, shadiness, abnormality, unusualness, uncommonness, strangeness, waywardness, oddness, unexpectedness, singularity, atypicality, anomaly, anomalousness, deviation, divergence, aberrancy, aberration, freakishness, peculiarity, curiousness, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, quirkiness,
Opposite: regularity, straightness, smoothness, steadiness, correctness,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French irregularite, from late Latin irregularitas, from irregularis (see irregular).


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