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irregularity

[ih-reg-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ɪˌrɛg yəˈlær ɪ ti /


NOUN
a suspicious or illegal occurrence
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These have a remarkable decisiveness, an absolute authority and control, free of wobbling or any irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Transactions initially appeared to be completed correctly, but the irregularity was only discovered days later, when the payment platform transferred the actual amount paid to the affected company.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

She insists she has not committed "the slightest irregularity".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

An irregularity could get Marlowe fired, never mind that the camera also logged hours and hours of labor violations.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

I am hungry, but something makes me nervous with these stroopwafels, and with how eager Mrs. Janssen is to have me sit, and with the irregularity of the whole situation.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse




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