IRREGULARITIES Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

irregularities

noun

plural of irregularity

as in abnormalities

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Noun

However, because the Food and Drug Administration has warned about a potential for birth abnormalities, it is not recommended for women who are pregnant or who want to get pregnant.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
For healthcare leaders, the path forward is less about detecting ever more abnormalities than about improving the balance between early detection, diagnostic precision and health-system capacity.

— Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of abnormalities

Noun

These are two examples of politicians' truths among a plethora of others that are really lies, distortions, deceptions and desecrations of the citizens' trust in them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
That is because taking something in 3D, like Earth, and drawing it in flat 2D as a map is always going to result in distortions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of distortions

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Played in a seven-versus-seven format, on 60-meter (196-foot) by 40-meter (131-foot) fields, amputee soccer is a game for amputees and people living with limb defects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
If the laser beam wavers even slightly, defects ruin the crystalline structure.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of defects

Noun

Design flaws with a pedestrian bridge are the latest hurdle in the decade-long push to connect the Bel Air and Forest Hill sections of the trail.

— Luke Kaiser, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Know More Baker’s remarks came amid concerns that advanced AI models could be turned into potent hacking tools, capable of finding and exploiting unknown security flaws with little human direction.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of flaws

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For example, patients with bunion deformities may not be able to tolerate their hallux being forced in a straighter position.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Fetuses of mice suddenly exposed to QACs developed deformities and neural tube defects similar to spina bifida in humans.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of deformities

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