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# irregularity

«irregularity» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that is not normal, even or regular: a bump, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an irregularity, irregularities; irregularity)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An irregularity is something that is not normal, even or regular: a bump, a gap or a change from the pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#m1)

2) (formal) Something wrong or against the rules, often in money or voting: «financial irregularities». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#m2)

3) Being uneven or not following a pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in maths (irregular shapes and patterns), science (irregular heartbeat), grammar (irregular verbs) and formal news. It tells the reader something breaks a pattern or rule.

### examples

- The doctor noticed an irregularity in his heartbeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x1)
- Look for the irregularity in the number pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x2)
- There were irregularities in the election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x3)
- The irregularity of the coastline makes it hard to measure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x4)
- Auditors found irregularities in the accounts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x5)
- The tiles had small irregularities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/#x6)

### note

Adjective: irregular. In grammar, irregular verbs do not add -ed (go → went). In maths, irregular shapes have sides or angles that are not all equal.

### In the corpora

- ["Irregularities" in official reports means fraud (cheating people out of money) or other wrongdoing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irregularity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.