anomalous

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Whether or not, Gordon would have called it "anomalous"--it was working, and that was the main thing Gordon saw to it that his men were well armed, well paid, well dressed, and well fed.

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  1. adjective Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
  2. adjective Equivocal, as in classification or nature.

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  1. From Late Latin anōmalos, from Greek, uneven : probably from an-, not; see a-1 + homalos, even (from homos, same; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Late Latin anomalus, anomalos, from Greek ἀνώμαλος, irregular, uneven, from ἀν- privative + δμαλός, even, from ὅμός, same, common, = English same: see homo- and same.
 

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/əˈnɑmələs/
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