irregularity
/ɪˌɹɛ.ɡjʊˈlæ.ɹɪ.ti/ noun C1- An instance of being irregular.
- The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
- An object or event that is not regular or ordinary. · an irregularity of surface
- A violation of rules. · An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.
- Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
Plural irregularities
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Watson was sufficiently familiar with the irregularity of his old friend's hours to feel no surprise at the idea.
“My good friend, as in all probability I own my present safety to that influence, it would ill become me to search too closely into its source; therefore, instead of condemning him for his intimacy with outlaws, you must give me leave to excuse any little irregularity there may be in such a connection; not altogether for preserving my life, for my own idea was that it never was in much danger, but certainly for saving me 4,000 piastres, which, being translated, means neither more nor less than 24,000 livres of our money—a sum at which, most assuredly, I should never have been estimated in France, proving most indisputably,” added Albert with a laugh, “that no prophet is honored in his own country.”
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