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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Irregular \Ir*reg"u*lar\, noun One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Irregular \Ir*reg"u*lar\, adjective [Pref. ir- not + regular: cf. F. irr['e]gulier.] Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. {Regular}.
Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. --Milton.
Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. --Shak.
A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. --Jones.
Syn: Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
irregular
adjective
1: contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices" [ant: {regular}]
2: (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement [ant: {regular}]
3: not occurring at expected times [syn: {unpredictable}]
4: used of the military; not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces; "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare" [ant: {regular}]
5: deviating from what is usual or common or to be expected; often somewhat odd or strange; "these days large families are atypical"; "highly irregular behavior" [syn: {atypical}]
6: lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis" [syn: {temporary}]
7: of a surface; not level or flat; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"
8: used of independent armed resistance forces; "guerrilla warfare"; "partisan forces" [syn: {guerrilla(a)}, {guerilla(a)}, {underground}]
9: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: {maverick}, {unorthodox}]
noun
1: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: {guerrilla}, {guerilla}, {insurgent}]
2: merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name [syn: {second}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
410 Moby Thesaurus words for "irregular": Bohemian, Charley, Mickey Mouse, VC, Vietcong, aberrant, abnormal, actionable, adrift, affable, afloat, against the law, aimless, alternating, amorphous, anamorphous, anarchic, anarchistic, anomalistic, anomalous, anomic, askew, asymmetric, asymmetrical, atypical, base, bent, bizarre, black-market, bootleg, bowed, broken, broken off, bumpy, bushfighter, bushwhacker, capricious, careening, casual, catchy, changeable, changeful, changing, chargeable, cheap, cheesy, chopped-off, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, cockeyed, common, contorted, contraband, contrary to law, cordial, corrugated, craggy, crank, crankish, cranky, crazy, criminal, crooked, cross-grained, crotchety, crumpled, crunched, decousu, degage, designless, desultory, deviable, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, disarticulated, disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discrete, disjunct, disjunctive, disordered, disorderly, disparate, dispersed, disproportional, disproportionate, distorted, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, dotty, easy, easygoing, eccentric, episodic, erose, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, familiar, fast and loose, felonious, fey, fickle, fitful, flaky, flawed, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, folksy, formless, fourth-class, freakish, freaky, free and easy, frivolous, funny, giddy, gracious, grainy, granulated, gratuitous, guerrilla, guttering, halting, haphazard, haymish, herky-jerky, heteroclite, heteromorphic, hit-or-miss, homely, homespun, homey, horripilant, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, ill-matched, ill-sorted, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immethodical, impermissible, impetuous, impulsive, inadequate, inchoate, incoherent, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indiscriminate, inequal, inferior, infirm, informal, insufficient, intermittent, intermitting, interrupted, irresolute, irresponsible, jagged, jerky, jolty, justiciable, kinky, kooky, labyrinthine, lawless, linsey-woolsey, loose, lopsided, low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, lumpy, lurching, maggoty, maquis, maquisard, mazy, mean, meaningless, mercurial, mismatched, misshapen, moody, motley, mutable, natural, nonconforming, nonconformist, nonconstitutional, noncontinuous, nonlegal, nonlicit, nonlinear, nonsequential, nonserial, nonstandard, nonsymmetric, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, nutty, occasional, odd, oddball, off-balance, off-key, offbeat, offhand, offhanded, one-sided, orderless, out of proportion, outlaw, outlawed, overbalanced, paltry, parenthetic, partisan, patchy, patriot, peculiar, pimply, pitted, plain, planless, pluralistic, pocky, poor, potholed, promiscuous, punishable, punk, purposeless, queer, quirky, ragged, rambling, random, rank, relaxed, resistance, resistance fighter, restless, ripply, rough, rough-grained, rough-hewn, roving, ruffled, rutted, rutty, scatterbrained, schlock, schmatte, scrappy, screwball, screwy, second, second-best, second-class, seedy, senseless, shabby, shagged, shaggy, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, simple, singular, skew, skewed, snatchy, sociable, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, spineless, sporadic, spotty, sprung, staggering, straggling, straggly, strange, stray, straying, subnormal, suspended, systemless, tacky, textured, third, third-class, third-rate, tinny, tortuous, triable, twisted, unaccountable, unaffected, unallowed, unarranged, unassuming, unauthorized, unbalanced, unceremonious, uncertain, unclassified, uncommon, unconnected, unconsidered, unconstitutional, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unconventional, undependable, under-the-counter, under-the-table, underground, underground fighter, undirected, undisciplined, unequable, unequal, uneven, unfixed, ungraded, unique, unjoined, unkempt, unlawful, unlevel, unmethodical, unmetrical, unnatural, unofficial, unordered, unorganized, unorthodox, unpolished, unpredictable, unrefined, unregular, unreliable, unrestrained, unrhythmical, unsettled, unsmooth, unsorted, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unstatutory, unsteadfast, unsteady, unstudied, unsuccessive, unsymmetric, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, unusual, unwarrantable, unwarranted, vacillating, vagrant, vague, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wacky, wandering, wanton, warped, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, weird, whimsical, wimpled, wishy-washy, wobbling, wobbly, wrongful
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