irregularity

noun

Definition of irregularitynext
1
as in abnormality

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2
as in arbitrariness

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Recent Examples of irregularity What to Know Two election integrity groups have suggested that analysis of voting behavior in 2024 swing states could indicate irregularities. — John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Other possible signs of hypothyroidism include: extreme fatigue, constipation, dry skin, cold sensitivity, menstrual irregularities, inability to focus and muscle aches, says Jaggi. — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 Behavioral analysis, for instance, monitors subtle patterns in user interactions—such as mouse movements, typing cadence or navigation paths—to detect irregularities. — Benjamin Fabre, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Several original buyers complained to the city of Miami building department and Mayor Francis Suarez about Cox and construction irregularities, but the city took no action to help them. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for irregularity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
  1. abnormality
  2. distortion
  3. volatility
  4. defect
  5. eccentricity
  6. malformation
  7. deformity
  8. inconstancy
Noun
  • Studies suggest that mosaicism is common in embryos, and that even those with multiple chromosomal abnormalities can result in healthy, full-term pregnancies—albeit less often than euploid embryos.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • It is caused by an abnormality in a gene called PLA2G6.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of abnormality
Noun
  • An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
    — Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • They are modified with effects like chorus and distortion, which are all modeled, too.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of distortion
Noun
  • The threat, imposition and subsequent pauses of tariffs have caused significant market volatility.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Context: Observers had feared it would be shelved in light of recent market volatility.
    — Ryan Lawler, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of volatility
Noun
  • Found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, this troubled individual was committed to Whiting Forensic Hospital for up to 60 years.
    — Matthew J. Funchion, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Battery defect detection startup Glimpse raised a $10 million Series A led by Japanese electronics giant TDK's venture group.
    — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of defect
Noun
  • However, the large eccentricity means its orbit ranges from as far as 2 astronomical units (300 million km/186 million miles — i.e. twice the Earth–sun distance) from its star to as close as 0.75 AU (112 million km/69.7 million miles).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Brain Dead Studios What’s spring without a little eccentricity and who’s more eccentric a filmmaker than Wes Anderson?
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of eccentricity
Noun
  • Guild’s Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship and the vice president of the advocacy group Black Broadway Men United, died Thursday, March 6, at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, of complications from a cerebral arteriovenous malformation.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Kearney suffered a cerebral arteriovenous malformation on Jan. 8.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of malformation
Noun
  • Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can also lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes pain, stiffness and bone deformities, or dental/enamel fluorosis, which causes tooth discoloration.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Excessive levels can lead to issues such as tooth discoloration, bone deformities and thyroid problems.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of deformity
Noun
  • Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
Definition of inconstancy

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