Subregular

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Almost or imperfectly regular.

    "However, there are verbs for which past participle formation is irregular (e.g. sleep, slept; write, wrote) and within these irregular verbs there are subregular classes (as well as purely lexical exceptions, such as go, went)."

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"However, there are verbs for which past participle formation is irregular (e.g. sleep, slept; write, wrote) and within these irregular verbs there are subregular classes (as well as purely lexical exceptions, such as go, went)."

Etymology

From sub- + regular.

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