Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)An instance of being irregular.

    Unregelmäßigkeit

    непра́вильностьneprávilʹnostʹ

    an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern

  2. (uncountable)The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.

    Unregelmäßigkeit

    нерегуля́рностьnereguljárnostʹ

  3. (countable)An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.

    an irregularity of surface

    Unebenheit

    неро́вностьneróvnostʹ, неравноме́рностьneravnomérnostʹ

  4. (countable)A violation of rules.

    An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.

    Unvorschriftsmäßigkeit, Ungesetzlichkeit

    наруше́ние пра́вилnarušénije právil, незако́нностьnezakónnostʹ

  5. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Are you good at spotting irregularities?

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  2. The audit revealed several accounting irregularities.

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  3. There are several irregularities in the nitrogen cycle.

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  4. He is the last man to commit an irregularity.

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  5. The many irregularities in your language don't really alleviate boredom.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
instance being irregular:
state or condition of being irregular:
object or event that is not regular:
violation of rules:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
instance being irregular:
object or event that is not regular:
violation of rules:

Origin

From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas. Morphologically irregu

From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas. Morphologically irregular + -ity.

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Forms

plural: irregularities
Singularirregularity
Pluralirregularities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals:unregularity
  • an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern:geometrical irregularity
  • behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality:abnormality
  • irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis:constipation

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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