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Irregular
| 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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