irregular

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Let a man be religious and irreligious at intervals--irregular, inconsistent, without some distinct thing to live for--it is a matter of impossibility that he can be free from doubts.

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  1. adjective Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice: irregular hiring practices.
  2. adjective Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention: an irregular marriage.
  3. adjective Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical: irregular facial features.

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  1. from Middle English irreguler, from Old French irregulier, French irrégulier = Provencal irregular, yregular = Spanish Portuguese irregular = Italian irregolare, from Middle Latin irregularis, not regular, from Latin in- privative + regularis, pertaining to rules (regular): see regular.
 

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/ɪˈrɛgjulər/
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