Irregular
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Irregular adjective – Departing from some accepted standard of what is normal. Usage example: it was a bank customer's slightly irregular behavior that made people suspicious
Regular is an antonym for irregular in topics: uneven, unofficial, abnormal, bumpy, random.
Nearby Words: irregularity, irregularly
Antonyms for Irregular
Regular
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Regular adjective – Appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time. Usage example: what with one or another of our pets having problems, we've been regular visitors at the animal hospital
Irregular is an antonym for regular in topics: normal, even, methodical, orderly.
Nearby Words: regularised, regularly, regularize, regularise, regularity
Antonyms for Regular
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Compare that to the Allies, whose regular and irregular forces number about 5 million total.
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Compare this to the setting's Allies, whose military strength (regular and irregular forces), is about 5 million total at the game's beginning.
Source: State Sec - Kill It with Fire: Previous versions of PR had Molotov cocktails as weapons for some of the irregular factions, while the regular factions used thermite incendiary grenades.
Source: Video Game / Project Reality
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