unregularity

Other forms of unregularity

plural

unregularities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unregularity

What does unregularity mean?

unregularity means "not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals".

How many syllables are in unregularity?

unregularity has 6 syllables: un-re-gu-la-ri-ty. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for unregularity?

Close synonyms include irregularity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unregularity a common word?

unregularity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.