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Irregular

Irregular Meaning & Definition
Irregular Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Irregular?

[n] merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
[n] a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
[adj] not occurring at expected times
[adj] independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
[adj] used of independent armed resistance forces; "guerrilla warfare"; "partisan forces"
[adj] of a surface; not level or flat; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"
[adj] lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"
[adj] deviating from what is usual or common or to be expected; often somewhat odd or strange; "these days large families are atypical"; "highly irregular behavior"
[adj] contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices"
[adj] (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
[adj] used of the military; not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces; "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Irregular: abnormal | arrhythmic | asymmetrical | atypical | casual | crooked | grab(a) | guerilla | guerilla(a) | guerrilla | guerrilla(a) | improper | insurgent | jerking | jerky | maverick | occasional | partisan | partizan | part-time | randomised | randomized | second | sporadic | strong | substandard | temporary | unconventional | underground | uneven | unlawful | unorthodox | unpredictable | unsteady

Related Terms | Find terms related to Irregular: aberrant | abnormal | actionable | adrift | affable | afloat | against the law | aimless | alternating | amorphous | anamorphous | anarchic | anarchistic | anomalistic | anomalous | anomic | askew | asymmetric | asymmetrical | atypical | base | bent | bizarre | black-market | Bohemian | bootleg | bowed | broken | broken off | bumpy | bushfighter | bushwhacker | capricious | careening | casual | catchy | changeable | changeful | changing | chargeable | Charley | cheap | cheesy | chopped-off | choppy | coarse | coarse-grained | cockeyed | common | contorted | contraband | contrary to law | cordial | corrugated | craggy | crank | crankish | cranky | crazy | criminal | crooked | cross-grained | crotchety | crumpled | crunched | decousu | degage | designless | desultory | deviable | deviant | deviating | deviative | deviatory | different | disarticulated | disconnected | discontinued | discontinuous | discrete | disjunct | disjunctive | disordered | disorderly | disparate | dispersed | disproportional | disproportionate | distorted | divaricate | divergent | diversified | diversiform | dizzy | dotty | easy | easygoing | eccentric | episodic | erose | erratic | exceptional | extraordinary | familiar | fast and loose | felonious | fey | fickle | fitful | flaky | flawed | flickering | flighty | flitting | fluctuating | folksy | formless | fourth-class | freakish | freaky | free and easy | frivolous | funny | giddy | gracious | grainy | granulated | gratuitous | guerrilla | guttering | halting | haphazard | haymish | herky-jerky | heteroclite | heteromorphic | hit-or-miss | homely | homespun | homey | horripilant | idiocratic | idiosyncratic | illegal | illegitimate | illicit | ill-matched | ill-sorted | immethodical | impermissible | impetuous | impulsive | inadequate | inchoate | incoherent | inconsistent | inconstant | indecisive | indiscriminate | inequal | inferior | infirm | informal | insufficient | intermittent | intermitting | interrupted | irresolute | irresponsible | jagged | jerky | jolty | justiciable | kinky | kooky | labyrinthine | lawless | linsey-woolsey | loose | lopsided | low-class | low-grade | low-quality | low-test | lumpy | lurching | maggoty | maquis | maquisard | mazy | mean | meaningless | mercurial | Mickey Mouse | mismatched | misshapen | moody | motley | mutable | natural | nonconforming | nonconformist | nonconstitutional | noncontinuous | nonlegal | nonlicit | nonlinear | nonsequential | nonserial | nonstandard | nonsymmetric | nonsymmetrical | nonsystematic | nonuniform | nutty | occasional | odd | oddball | off-balance | offbeat | offhand | offhanded | off-key | one-sided | orderless | out of proportion | outlaw | outlawed | overbalanced | paltry | parenthetic | partisan | patchy | patriot | peculiar | pimply | pitted | plain | planless | pluralistic | pocky | poor | potholed | promiscuous | punishable | punk | purposeless | queer | quirky | ragged | rambling | random | rank | relaxed | resistance | resistance fighter | restless | ripply | rough | rough-grained | rough-hewn | roving | ruffled | rutted | rutty | scatterbrained | schlock | schmatte | scrappy | screwball | screwy | second | second-best | second-class | seedy | senseless | shabby | shagged | shaggy | shapeless | shifting | shifty | shuffling | simple | singular | skew | skewed | snatchy | sociable | spasmatic | spasmic | spasmodic | spastic | spineless | sporadic | spotty | sprung | staggering | straggling | straggly | strange | stray | straying | subnormal | suspended | systemless | tacky | textured | third | third-class | third-rate | tinny | tortuous | triable | twisted | unaccountable | unaffected | unallowed | unarranged | unassuming | unauthorized | unbalanced | unceremonious | uncertain | unclassified | uncommon | unconnected | unconsidered | unconstitutional | unconstrained | uncontrolled | unconventional | undependable | underground | underground fighter | under-the-counter | under-the-table | undirected | undisciplined | unequable | unequal | uneven | unfixed | ungraded | unique | unjoined | unkempt | unlawful | unlevel | unmethodical | unmetrical | unnatural | unofficial | unordered | unorganized | unorthodox | unpolished | unpredictable | unrefined | unregular | unreliable | unrestrained | unrhythmical | unsettled | unsmooth | unsorted | unstable | unstable as water | unstaid | unstatutory | unsteadfast | unsteady | unstudied | unsuccessive | unsymmetric | unsymmetrical | unsystematic | ununiform | unusual | unwarrantable | unwarranted | vacillating | vagrant | vague | variable | variegated | variform | various | varying | VC | veering | vicissitudinary | vicissitudinous | Vietcong | volatile | wacky | wandering | wanton | warped | wavering | wavery | wavy | wayward | weird | whimsical | wimpled | wishy-washy | wobbling | wobbly | wrongful

See Also | asymmetric | Che Guevara | Ernesto Guevara de la Serna | Guevara | illegal | Maquis | Maquisard | merchandise | product | rough | unrhythmic | unrhythmical | unsmooth | unsystematic | urban guerrilla | wares | warrior

Irregular In Webster's Dictionary

\Ir*reg"u*lar\, a. [Pref. ir- not + regular: cf. F. irr['e]gulier.] 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}. Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. --Milton. Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. --Shak. A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. --Jones. Syn: Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
\Ir*reg"u*lar\, n. One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.

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