Irregularity

  • 91discontinuance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of continued connection Nouns discontinuance, discontinuity; disruption; disjunction, disconnection, interruption, letup, break, gap, interval, caesura; broken thread; intermission, half time. Slang …

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  • 92exception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. exclusion, omission, rejection, reservation, limitation; objection, cavil, complaint; irregularity. See disapprobation, unconformity, dissent, exemption, qualification. take exception II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 93stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… …

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  • 94unregularity — noun not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals • Syn: ↑irregularity • Ant: ↑regularity (for: ↑irregularity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑irregular …

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  • 95ir·reg·u·lar·i·ty — /ıˌrɛgjəˈlerəti/ noun, pl ties 1 [noncount] : the quality or state of being irregular the irregularity of his behavior 2 [count] 2 a : something that is irregular an irregularity [=a raised or rough area] on the surface of the …

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  • 96Ataxia — A*tax i*a, Ataxy At ax*y, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. ?, fr. ? out of order; a priv. + ? ordered, arranged, ? to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.] 1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the… …

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  • 97Ataxy — Ataxia A*tax i*a, Ataxy At ax*y, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr. ?, fr. ? out of order; a priv. + ? ordered, arranged, ? to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.] 1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in… …

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  • 98Deformities — Deformity De*form i*ty, n.; pl. {Deformities}. [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet[ e], deformit[ e], F. difformit[ e]. See {Deform}, v. & a., and cf. {Disformity}.] 1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any… …

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  • 99Deformity — De*form i*ty, n.; pl. {Deformities}. [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet[ e], deformit[ e], F. difformit[ e]. See {Deform}, v. & a., and cf. {Disformity}.] 1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural… …

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  • 100Disorder — Dis*or der, n. [Pref. dis + order: cf. F. d[ e]sordre.] 1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. [1913 Webster] 2. Neglect of order or …

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