Irregular
Irregular adjective - Departing from some accepted standard of what is normal.
Leftover and irregular are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leftover" instead an adjective "Irregular".
Nearby Words: irregularity, irregularly
Both words in one sentence
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The Thursday Next novel Lost in a Good Book features Nextian Geometry, which (for example) uses the "principle" that cylindrical objects such as cakes and scones look rectangular from the side, as the basis for a design of cookie cutter which doesn't leave those irregular bits of leftover dough.
Source: It Runs on Nonsensoleum
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Leftover and Irregular. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/irregular/leftover
Irregular & Leftover. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/irregular/leftover>.
Leftover or Irregular. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/irregular/leftover.
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