irregularity

Example Sentences

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Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

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

During the trial last year, Le Pen denied she had committed "the slightest irregularity".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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