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

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

These have a remarkable decisiveness, an absolute authority and control, free of wobbling or any irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

As she drew nearer, an irregularity in the surface of the ancient glass foreshortened her image and she confronted the child of fifteen years before.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The current protests follow student-led demonstrations earlier this year over exam irregularities and demands for education reforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Although Mexican authorities detected irregularities in some accounts managed by the firms, they found no evidence establishing links to criminal organizations, Sheinbaum said last week.

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

In fact, the cyclotron had been working perfectly well with beams far more defocused by imperfections in the magnetic field—those bothersome irregularities combated by shimming—than they would be by the relativistic effects that Bethe posited.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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