Another word for irregular
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Adjective
Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical
- Not symmetrical.
- (of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
- Having no balance or symmetry:
- Uneven in distribution.
- Existing or occurring between two incommensurate entities, especially to the detriment of one.
Departing from the normal
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
- Not included in nature; artificial:
- Deviating from a behavioral or social norm:
- Surpassing what is normal or usual; extraordinary:
- Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
- Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.
- Departing from convention.
- Differing from another:
- Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
- One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards.
- Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.
- that has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
- Equivocal, as in classification or nature.
- tending to be anomalous
- of an anomaly
- Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
- Deviating from what is considered proper or normal:
- Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
- One that is aberrant.
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Another word for irregular
Modifier
Not even
- Characterized by or exhibiting an alternating upward and downward movement.
- Variable; changeable.
- Vertical.
- Characterized by jerks or jerking:
- Foolish; silly:
- Difficult to foretell or foresee:
- Something difficult or impossible to foretell or foresee.
- Marked by or exhibiting a lack of reliability.
- Being without ceremony or formality; relaxed or informal:
- Unpremeditated or offhand:
- Suited for everyday wear or informal use:
- Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable:
- Liable to change; capricious:
- Being such that alteration is possible:
- Varying in color or appearance when seen from different angles:
- Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order:
- Marked by breaks or interruptions; intermittent:
- Consisting of distinct or unconnected elements, such as the physical features of a landscape.
- Being without sequential order or coherent form.
- Stopping and starting at intervals.
- Alternately containing and empty of water:
- Occurring or appearing again or repeatedly.
- Turning in a reverse direction. Used of blood vessels and nerves.
- Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
- Present participle of waver.
- A state of fluctuation or indecision.
- Present participle of fluctuate.
- Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare:
- Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space:
- Occurring, encountered, done, or taken from time to time; irregular or infrequent.
- Created for a special occasion:
- Intended for use as the occasion requires:
- Consisting of small, disconnected parts:
- Not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable.
- Fluctuating; changeable:
- Not even or regular; wavering:
- Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.
- Fickle; faithless.
- Not in a state of order or calmness; disturbed:
- Likely to change or vary; variable:
- Not determined or resolved:
- Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective:
- Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
- Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
- Deviating from what is considered proper or normal:
- Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
- One that is aberrant.
- Likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable.
- Inconstant; fickle.
- Tending to exhibit genetic variation or variation in a physical trait:
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
- Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
- Not known or established; questionable:
- Not determined; undecided:
- Not having sure knowledge:
- Occurring in or characterized by intermittent bursts, as of activity; irregular:
- Relating to, affected by, or having the character of a spasm; convulsive.
- Happening intermittently; fitful:
- Given to sudden outbursts of energy or feeling; excitable.
- Not equal, as in size, length, or quality.
- Having ill-matched opponents:
- Not consistent or uniform:
Not customary
- Not ordinary or usual; odd or strange:
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique:
- A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own.
- Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
- Not included in nature; artificial:
- Deviating from a behavioral or social norm:
- Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
- Equivocal, as in classification or nature.
- Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.
- Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.
- Beyond what is ordinary or usual:
- Highly exceptional; remarkable:
- Employed or used for a special service, function, or occasion:
- Being the only one of its kind:
- Characteristic only of a particular category or entity:
- Remarkable; extraordinary:
Questionable
- Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.
- Arousing doubt; doubtful:
- Of questionable character:
- Not suited to circumstances or needs; unsuitable:
- Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous:
- Not consistent with established truth, fact, or rule; incorrect:
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
Not regular in form or outline
Synonym Study
- Unnatural applies to that which is contrary to the order of nature or to natural laws an unnatural appetite for chalk
- Abnormal and anomalous imply deviation from the normal condition or from the ordinary type, abnormal stressing atypical form or character a man of abnormal height, and anomalous, stressing an exceptional condition or circumstance in the anomalous position of a leader without followers
- Irregular implies deviation from the customary or established rule, procedure, etc. irregular conduct
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