When I had to learn English in school, at times I would bemoan all the irregularities and strange rules.
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Irregularities
Synonyms for "irregularities" (273 found)
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abnormalityconstipationaberranceaberrancyaberrationabnormityaffabilityamorphismanamorphismanamorphosisanomalismanomalousnessanomalyasperityasymmetrybohemianismbreakbroken threadbrokennessbuckle
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bumpinesscapriciousnesscardialgiacastcasualnesschangeabilitychangeablenesscholera morbuschoppinesscoliccommon touchconceitcontortioncontrarietycordialitycostivenesscrackpotismcragginesscrankcrankinesscrankismcrookednesscrotchetcrotchetinessdapplenessdefectdeformityderangementdesultorinessdetorsiondeviabilitydeviancy
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deviationdiarrheadifferencedifferentiationdifferentnessdisarrangementdisarraydisarticulationdiscomfiturediscomposuredisconcertednessdisconnectednessdisconnectiondiscontinuancediscontinuationdiscontinuitydiscontinuousnessdiscretenessdisequilibriumdisharmony
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dishevelmentdisintegrationdisjunctiondisorderdisorderlinessdisorganizationdisparitydisproportiondisruptiondistortiondisturbancedivaricationdivergencediversificationdottinessdysenterydyspepsiaeaseeasinesseasygoingnesseccentricityentropyepisodeerraticismerraticnessexceptionextravagancefamiliarityfibrillationficklenessfitfulnessfits and startsflightinessfluctuationfluxfolksinessfreakfreakinessfreakishnessgnarlgraciousnessgranulationgripegripeshaphazardnessharshnessheartburnheterogeneityheteromorphismhispidityhomelinesshomeynessidiocrasyidiosyncrasyimbalanceimproprietyimpulsiveness
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inadequacyincoherenceincompletenessinconsistencyinconstancyindigestionindiscriminatenessinequalityinequityinferiorityinformalityinformalnessinharmonious harmonyinjusticeinstabilityinsufficiencyintermittencejaggednessjerkinessjoltiness
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kinkknotlienteryloosenesslopsidednessmaggotmannerismmercurialitymonstrositymoodinessmost admired disordermotleynessmutabilitynaturalnessnon sequiturnonconformismnonconformitynoncontinuancenonlinearitynonserialitynonstandardizationnonsymmetrynonuniformityobstipationoddityoddsoffhandednessoverbalanceparenthesispeculiarityperturbationperversionplainnesspluralismpromiscuitypromiscuousnesspyrosisqueernessquipquirkquirkinessraggednessrandomnessrelaxednessrestlessnessrough airroughnessruggednessrugosityscragglinessscrewshiftinessshortcomingsimplicitysingularitysociabilitystaggerstrangenesssubnormalitysuperiorityteratismtoothtorsiontortuositytricktrotsturbulenceturntwistunaffectednessunbalanceunceremoniousnessuncertaintyunconformismunconformityunconstrainednessunconstraintunconventionalityundependabilityunevennessunfair discriminationunfixednessunnaturalismunnaturalnessunorthodoxyunpredictabilityunpretentiousnessunreliabilityunsettlednessunsmoothnessunstablenessunsteadfastnessunsteadinessunsymmetryununiformityupsetvariabilityvariationvariegationvarietyvariousnessversatilitywantonnesswarpwaveringwaywardnesswhimwhimsicalitywhimsywobblewrenchwrestwring
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There are several irregularities in the nitrogen cycle.
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While still an undergraduate, Adams performed an investigation to try to explain the reason for the irregularities in the motion of the planet Uranus. He theorized that the unexpected planetary orbit could be due to the presence of an as yet undiscovered planet.
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The irregularities in English are just boredom. They don't make the language more interesting.
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