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❤️ Not steady 🔷 Not even 🌀 Unusual or abnormal 🪖 Not official army 🪖 Non-army soldier 🛍️ Slightly flawed 🛍️ Flawed products 🔤 Not standard form
irregular

irregular

1 4.8
An item sold cheaply because it has a small defect
  • noun
  • /ɪˈrɛɡjələr/
translation icon : artículo defectuoso
  • But why were the doctors not willing to compete with the irregulars by simply supplying safer abortions under more congenial conditions and procedures?

Examples

  • The days when shopping at an outlet meant that you were pawing through the irregulars and flawed items are pretty much over.

    Blog text (7)

  • To try and start the debugging process, here's my first thought: two add-ons are irregulars (I've been trying them for the last 10 days or so).

    Blog text (14)

  • I met this guy, and he distributes all these seconds and irregulars.

    Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

  • A small percentage (less than 3%) were classified as irregulars.

    Academic text (1993)

  • It has the irregulars, or day olds—

    Blog text (18)

  • The store had a special section for irregulars, featuring items with small flaws at discounted prices.

  • When shopping for clothes, I often look for irregulars to save money on quality items.

  • Many outlets sell irregulars that are perfectly usable but might have slight imperfections.

Synonyms

second
vsirregular
7 5.5

A product with small faults sold at a lower price

is an alternative name used for the same kind of product

Antonyms

perfect
∞ 1.0

As good as possible and without any mistakes

Compounds

irregular basis
4.3

Happening at times that are not regular or predictable

Surface Forms

irregular singular
irregulars plural

Morphology

irregular = irregular (semi-transparent) = ir + regular

The noun is a conventional conversion from the adjective 'irregular', but the retail sense of a discounted flawed item is only partly predictable from the adjective alone.

Etymology

Irregulars (goods) comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and regular meaning 'the usual standard'. So 'irregulars' are items with small faults or differences that are sold more cheaply than the normal stock.