irregular

Examples

• All

• Your breathing is irregular.

  Nine Minutes (2020)

• You may expect frequent and irregular visits from me.

  Starhops (1978)

• This is a highly irregular procedure.

  The Wizard of Oz (1939)

• We try to model folks working irregular shift schedules.

• As I said the heating can be a bit irregular.

  Darkness Wakes (2017)

• My cycles are very irregular.

  Hollow Creek (2016)

• Of the many comic books, two remained in 1991, both on an irregular publication schedule.

  Academic text (1995)

• It's an irregular heartbeat that can lead to strokes.

• Now, that's an irregular heart rhythm that's linked to stroke and other health problems.

  Dr. Phil

• Her sleep schedule is quite irregular, varying greatly from night to night.

Synonyms

O

occasional

vsirregular

285 2.8

Happening now and then but not often

is the wider term for lacking a fixed pattern or rhythm

U

unpredictable

vsirregular

163 4.4

Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance

focuses instead on timing that changes suddenly rather than lack of steady pattern

E

erratic

vsirregular

94 6.1

Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly

is the neutral description of lacking a steady pattern or rhythm

S

sporadic

vsirregular

35 7.0

Happening sometimes and in different places

expresses the same scattered timing but can be more general

I

intermittent

vsirregular

35 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

is the general notion of lacking a fixed pattern in timing

E

episodic

vsirregular

3 7.1

Happening only sometimes and not regularly

is the broader idea of lacking regular occurrence or rhythm

A

arrhythmic

vsirregular

2 8.2

Not having a regular beat or pattern

is the broad term for missing regular timing rather than just beats

A

aperiodic

vsirregular

• Specialized

8.2

Does not happen at regular times or repeat a pattern

is the general label for lacking fixed timing or pattern

N

nonperiodic

vsirregular

7.6

Happening at irregular times

is the broader expression for lacking a fixed pattern or rhythm

N

noncyclical

vsirregular

7.2

Not happening in regular cycles

is the overall idea of having no fixed pattern over time

N

nonrhythmic

vsirregular

7.4

A sound that has no regular beat

covers lack of pattern more generally, not only deliberate rhythmlessness

A

arrhythmical

vsirregular

9.3

A sound or movement that has no regular beat

describes the same absence of pattern in a more general way

U

unrhythmic

vsirregular

7.9

Having no regular beat so movement or sound feels uneven

applies more widely to lacking any fixed pattern or timing

U

unrhythmical

vsirregular

7.4

Having no steady beat or regular pattern

is the broader sense of having no fixed rhythm or pattern

U

unmetrical

vsirregular

• Literature

8.2

Not having a regular rhythm in speech, music, and poetry

is the general absence of fixed timing, not limited to meter

N

nonmetrical

vsirregular

7.8

Not having a regular beat or rhythm in poetry and music

is the wider concept of no fixed pattern beyond poetic meter

N

nonsystematic

vsirregular

6.7

Not arranged according to a plan or regular order

refers more narrowly to lack of organized pattern rather than timing

Antonyms

R

regular

870 1.0

Happening at fixed times on a schedule

P

predictable

189 2.5

Easy to guess what will happen

Compounds

I

irregular basis

4.3

Happening at times that are not regular or predictable

How Regular

constant

198 2.5

regular

870 1.0

irregular

27 3.5

intermittent

35 6.5

sporadic

35 7.0

random

527 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology