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irregular

  • adjective
  • /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə/

Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.

Other meanings

  1. Of a surface, rough.

  2. Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.

Antonyms

  • regular

Related words

  • irregularist
  • irregularization
  • irregularize
  • irregularness
  • nonirregular
  • regioirregular
  • irregular verb
  • irregularity
  • irregularly
  • irregular galaxy
  • irregular prime
  • irregular prism

Example sentences

  • “This is an irregular verb.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "irrēgulāris".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “irregular” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.