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irregular

irregular

4 3.6
Sold cheaply because of a small defect
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈrɛɡjələr/
translation icon : de segunda
  • For this group of models—which I will call modèles l'occasion, or irregular models—the pose remained the basis of their relationship to the artist.

Examples

  • Now you literally have the most irregular salt ever that you can use for adding the things like soups.

  • This is certainly a team that competes and a team that expects success, even with the irregular rules it complies with.

    Blog text (30)
  • That's the shirt you got on sale as a Slight Irregular.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So I got you some sunscreen, and you, my friend, have some irregular moles.

  • We also had difficulty in reading the calcified bands in some of the otoliths from larger fish because of irregular patterns of band deposition.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Unlike most other deer, fallow bucks have webbed, or palmated, antlers edged with a large number of small, irregular points.

    Academic text (1991)
  • While serving as the first leaders of Villa Pagador, these men continued to enrich themselves through the ongoing irregular sales of land to migrants who kept arriving in the barrio, settling further to the south on the edges of the community.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The store had a special section for irregular items, which offered great discounts on slightly flawed products.

  • Many brides look for irregular wedding dresses because they are more affordable and still beautiful.

  • I bought a pair of irregular shoes that had a small scuff but were half the normal price.

Antonyms

1.0

As good as possible and without any mistakes

675 2.7

Generally used and accepted as correct

Compounds

Happening at times that are not regular or predictable

How Flawed

broken
31 1.0
defective
57 3.9
irregular
4 3.6
imperfect
73 3.5
perfect
1.0

Surface Forms

irregular positive
irregularer comparative
irregularest superlative

Morphology

irregular = regular (transparent) = ir + regular

The sense 'not meeting the standard' is understood as the negation of 'regular' (i.e., not conforming to the standard) via 'ir-'.

Etymology

Irregular comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and regular meaning 'meeting the usual standard'. So an irregular product is one that does not meet the regular standard and is often sold at a lower price.