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informal

[in-fawr-muhl] / ɪnˈfɔr məl /


ADJECTIVE
conversational or colloquial
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Local officials said the instructors had belonged to a private company that offered rope-jumping activities, though some local reports suggest they had belonged to informal groups of practitioners.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Nearly one-third of Cuba’s population relies directly on these shipments and informal remittances, Morales said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Mexico's large, organised agave farms are a sharp contrast to India's informal system.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The largely informal opposition had consisted mainly of local cities that warned another sales tax would disproportionately burden the poorest residents and force shoppers across the county border in hopes of finding lower costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Still, the point is that all kinds of decisions can be cast into this framework and call for the informal evaluation of probabilities.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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