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irregularity

[ih-reg-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ɪˌrɛg jəˈlær ɪ ti /


NOUN
a suspicious or illegal occurrence
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The work also may help explain why irregularity is so common in natural systems, including neural, biological and ecological networks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Patterson's lawyers are now arguing the hotel mix-up amounted to a "fundamental irregularity" which "fatally undermined" the integrity of the verdicts.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The model is designed to give individualized guidance on women’s health-related concerns like cycle irregularity or perimenopause symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"The examination of the documents confirmed doubts about the irregularity of the flag being flown," the prefecture said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Was he listening to the air whooshing in and out of her nose, she wondered, waiting for a subtle faltering, a revealing irregularity, that would betray her thoughts?

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

"We want to make sure that such mistakes or irregularities do not happen again," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Treasury as a preventive measure after detecting “risky financial transactions and irregularities reported by financial institutions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“The transaction was subject to a full investigation conducted by an outside law firm on behalf of insurance regulators from multiple states,” the statement said, “which identified no irregularities and resulted in no further action.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She had suffered a "substantial" miscarriage of justice, they said, alleging a litany of irregularities and the misuse of evidence during the trial.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

She drops the beast, enters the burrow, inspects the interior for last-minute irregularities, then comes out to pull it in for the egg-laying.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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