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UNREGULARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
Synonyms:
irregularity; unregularity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unregularity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unregularity"):
inhomogeneity (the quality of being inhomogeneous)
fitfulness; jerkiness (the quality of being spasmodic and irregular)
intermittence; intermittency (the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping)
fluctuation; wavering (the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes)
haphazardness; noise; randomness; stochasticity (the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan)
unevenness; variability (the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity)
unsteadiness (the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable)
