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informal

[in-fawr-muhl] / ɪnˈfɔr məl /


ADJECTIVE
conversational or colloquial
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He pointed to an informal opinion about video resumes from the federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2010.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Mr. Netanyahu has directed Israel’s diplomacy for 16 of the past 17 years, resulting in many formal and informal alignments with nations that had long been among Israel’s sworn enemies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

After months of preproduction, “Barrio Triste” was shot over five days in the barrio of El Paraíso, an often-maligned informal settlement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Within a few days, we had an informal online counseling service under way, trying to send kids who seemed to be in serious trouble to sympathetic parents or professionals.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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