Meaning

7 senses
  1. Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.

    irregulär, unregelmäßig

    непра́вильныйneprávilʹnyj, нестанда́ртныйnestandártnyj

    непра́вильнийneprávylʹnyj, нестанда́ртнийnestandártnyj

  2. Of a surface, rough.

    (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical

  3. Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.

    неравноме́рныйneravnomérnyj

    lacking continuity or regularity

  4. Of a polygon, not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.

  5. Of a polyhedron, whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other).

  6. Of a word, not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language.

    "Calves", "cacti", and "children" are irregular plurals.

    "To buy" is an irregular English verb: its past simple and past participle tense is "bought".

    unregelmäßig

    непра́вильныйneprávilʹnyj

    непра́вильнийneprávylʹnyj

  7. Having abnormal bowel movements at inconsistent intervals.

Examples

44 sentences
  1. This is a highly irregular request.

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  2. I have an irregular pulse.

    ruУ меня неровный пульс.

    deIch habe einen unregelmäßigen Puls.

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  3. This is irregular.

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  4. This is highly irregular.

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  5. This is very irregular.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
non-standard:
Русский
By meaning 2
non-standard:
lacking uniformity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
non-standard:

Origin

From Middle English irreguler, from Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin or Late Lati

From Middle English irreguler, from Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin irrēgulāris, from in- + regularis, equivalent to ir- + regular.

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Forms

more irregular, most irregular
Comparativemore irregular Lesson
Superlativemost irregular Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
rough:coarseB2
without uniformity:unstable
not following the regular patterns of inflection:heteroclite
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
irregular — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto