Definition of Irregular

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Irregular

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular.

One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.

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Irregular Quotations

I model irregular clothing.
Jay London

I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.
Syd Barrett

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.
Willa Cather

Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville.
James Weldon Johnson

But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
Karlheinz Stockhausen

Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.
Michael Crapo

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.
Henry Vaughan

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
Thomas Otway

Irregular Translations

irregular in French is capricant
irregular in Italian is eteroclito
irregular in Norwegian is uregelmessig
irregular in Spanish is irregular

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