English words for 'Unusual or irregular.'
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- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
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- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- not having a common center; not concentric
- Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
- Having different goals or motives.
- (mycology) Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.
- (of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
- Having a different center; not concentric.
- Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- (physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
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- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- (engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- One who does not behave like others.
- (physiology) An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
- (slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
- (geometry, astronomy) A circle not having the same centre as another.
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- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- made of or resembling flakes
- made of or easily forming flakes
- (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
- (informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
- Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
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- abnormal
- adjacent, next to
- avoiding or avoidant
- resembling
- around, surrounding
- incorrect
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- across, through, throughout
- above, over
- opposite of, on the far side of
- near
- beyond
- disability sport
- false
- between
- beside, alongside
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
- parachute
- related or pertaining to
- affecting or concerning lower body
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- strikingly strange or unusual
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- (veterinary medicine) Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
- extraterrestial, alien
- (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
- (Of a pet) Unsual to keep or undomesticated.
- Non-native to the ecosystem.
- Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
- (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
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- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- (law) Not belonging to one.
- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- not known before
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- A hippie.
- (African-American Vernacular) A wild dance.
- A drug addict.
- (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
- (dated outside certain expressions) Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
- (slang, chiefly derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- Euphemistic form of fuck (“smallest amount of concern or consideration”).
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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- (slang, ambitransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (intransitive, slang) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- lose one's nerve
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- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
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- An eccentricity; an odd feature.
- (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
- (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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- Unconventional, unusual, or unexpected.
- (chemistry, biology) An arbitrary member of a heterogenous-but-interrelated group.
- (pathology) Abnormal, defective with respect to the root.
- Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.
- External, outside, or from a separate location.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Synthetic, artificial.
- (immunology) Alloimmunity; (biology, medicine, transplantation) transplantation of cells or tissues from one person to another.
- (biology, medicine) Nonself; nonself but of the same species.
- (linguistics) Alternative, variant in form.
- (ethology) Alloparenting: parenting behaviours between animals who are not parent and child.
- (LGBTQ) Not asexual; attracted to others.
- (chemistry) a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose.
- Changed or modified.
- (chemistry) Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized.
- (chemistry, mineralogy) Impure in composition.
- Variety, heterogeneity.
- (genetics) Hybridization of multiple species.
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- Something strange or unusual.
- (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
- (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
- A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
- A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
- A varied collection (of items).
- A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
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- (genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
- (computing) Synonym of mutex.
- (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- an animal that has undergone mutation
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- a minor actor in crowd scenes
- an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
- something additional of the same kind
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
- (Singapore, military, countable) A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends) in camp, as a form of punishment. Used in the phrase “to sign extra”, meaning one has been assigned extras as punishment.
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
- (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
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- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- Out of the way, secluded.
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- (sports) On the left.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
- of the remaining member of a pair
- not divisible by two
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- not used up
- not easily explained
- an indefinite quantity more than that specified
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- (proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
- (of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
- (of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- (preceded with "being") Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
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- Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
- Amusing; humorous; comical.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) Homosexual; gay.
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
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- unusual or striking
- the single one of its kind
- being a single and separate person or thing
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
- (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
- Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
- (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- (chiefly law) Each; individual.
- (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
- Out of the ordinary; curious.
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- Unlike most others; unusual.
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- differing from all others; not ordinary
- distinct or separate
- distinctly separate from the first
- unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
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- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
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- An eccentricity; an odd feature.
- (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
- (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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- Something strange or unusual.
- (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
- (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
- A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
- A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
- A varied collection (of items).
- A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
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- a minor actor in crowd scenes
- an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
- something additional of the same kind
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
- (Singapore, military, countable) A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends) in camp, as a form of punishment. Used in the phrase “to sign extra”, meaning one has been assigned extras as punishment.
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
- (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
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- Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
- Amusing; humorous; comical.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) Homosexual; gay.
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
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- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
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adj
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- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- not having a common center; not concentric
- Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
- Having different goals or motives.
- (mycology) Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.
- (of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
- Having a different center; not concentric.
- Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- (physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
noun
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- (engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- One who does not behave like others.
- (physiology) An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
- (slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
- (geometry, astronomy) A circle not having the same centre as another.
adj
- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- made of or resembling flakes
- made of or easily forming flakes
- (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
- (informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
- Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
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- strikingly strange or unusual
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- (veterinary medicine) Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
- extraterrestial, alien
- (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
- (Of a pet) Unsual to keep or undomesticated.
- Non-native to the ecosystem.
- Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
- (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
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- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- (law) Not belonging to one.
- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- not known before
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- A hippie.
- (African-American Vernacular) A wild dance.
- A drug addict.
- (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
- (dated outside certain expressions) Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
- (slang, chiefly derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- Euphemistic form of fuck (“smallest amount of concern or consideration”).
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
verb
- (slang, ambitransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (intransitive, slang) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- lose one's nerve
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- (genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
- (computing) Synonym of mutex.
- (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- an animal that has undergone mutation
adj
- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- Out of the way, secluded.
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- (sports) On the left.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
- of the remaining member of a pair
- not divisible by two
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- not used up
- not easily explained
- an indefinite quantity more than that specified
noun
adj
- (proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
- (of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
- (of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- (preceded with "being") Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
adj
- Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
- Amusing; humorous; comical.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) Homosexual; gay.
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
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- unusual or striking
- the single one of its kind
- being a single and separate person or thing
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
- (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
- Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
- (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- (chiefly law) Each; individual.
- (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
- Out of the ordinary; curious.
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- Unlike most others; unusual.
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- differing from all others; not ordinary
- distinct or separate
- distinctly separate from the first
- unlike in nature or quality or form or degree