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

257 2.8

Happening now and then but not often

is the wider term for lacking a fixed pattern or rhythm

U

unpredictable

vsirregular

166 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

82 6.1

Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly

is the neutral description of lacking a steady pattern or rhythm

I

intermittent

vsirregular

36 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

is the general notion of lacking a fixed pattern in timing

S

sporadic

vsirregular

34 7.0

Happening sometimes and in different places

expresses the same scattered timing but can be more general

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

3 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

1 8.2

Does not happen at regular times or repeat a pattern

is the general label for lacking fixed timing or pattern

N

noncyclical

vsirregular

1 7.2

Not happening in regular cycles

is the overall idea of having no fixed pattern over time

N

nonperiodic

vsirregular

1 7.6

Happening at irregular times

is the broader expression for lacking a fixed pattern or rhythm

U

unrhythmical

vsirregular

1 7.4

Having no steady beat or regular pattern

is the broader sense of having no fixed rhythm or pattern

N

nonmetrical

vsirregular

1 7.8

Not having a regular beat or rhythm in poetry and music

is the wider concept of no fixed pattern beyond poetic meter

U

unrhythmic

vsirregular

1 7.9

Having no regular beat so movement or sound feels uneven

applies more widely to lacking any fixed pattern or timing

N

nonrhythmic

vsirregular

1 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

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

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

∞ 1.0

Happening at fixed times on a schedule

P

predictable

181 2.5

Easy to guess what will happen

Compounds

I

irregular basis

1 4.3

Happening at times that are not regular or predictable

How Regular

constant

525 2.5

regular

∞ 1.0

irregular

42 3.5

intermittent

36 6.5

sporadic

34 7.0

random

644 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology