irregardless
No matter what
Irregardless means regardless—without regard to.
The word is widely criticized as a double negative (the *ir-* prefix and *-less* suffix both signal negation), and many consider it nonstandard or uneducated.
Yet it persists in speech, perhaps for emphasis: Irregardless of what anyone says, I'm going.
In formal writing, regardless is the safer choice.
Departing from established norms
- prescriptivismEnforcing linguistic correctness
- descriptivismDocumenting actual language use
- usageAct of employing something
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
pedantry · correctness · acceptability · stigmatized · criticized · disputed · debate · purist
Casual, everyday language
- informalRelaxed, not official
- nonstandardDeparting from established norms
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- casualRelaxed and informal
conversational · dialectal · spoken · everyday · folksy · uneducated · lowbrow · unpolished
Without consideration of
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- pleonasmRedundant expression
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
prefix · suffix · ir- · redundant · verbose · repetitive · overkill · wordiness
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
definitive · stress · intensifier · despite · nevertheless · anyway · notwithstanding · firm
nonstandard
Departing from established norms
- prescriptivismEnforcing linguistic correctness
- descriptivismDocumenting actual language use
- usageAct of employing something
grammar · pedantry · correctness · acceptability · stigmatized · criticized · disputed · debate · purist · language
colloquial
Casual, everyday language
- informalRelaxed, not official
- nonstandardDeparting from established norms
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
casual · conversational · dialectal · spoken · everyday · folksy · uneducated · lowbrow · unpolished
irrespective
Without consideration of
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- pleonasmRedundant expression
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
unnecessary · prefix · suffix · ir- · redundant · verbose · repetitive · overkill · wordiness · duplication
adamant
Stubbornly refusing to yield
categorical · definitive · stress · intensifier · despite · nevertheless · anyway · notwithstanding · firm · unyielding
- word errorseggcorn, malapropism, could of, would of, for all intensive purposes
- grammar debatesain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of, would of
- misused wordsliterally, ironic, disinterested, nauseous, comprise
- slangslang, jargon, lingo, argot, cant
irregardlesstherefore
For that reason
consequently · hence · thus · accordingly · as a result
irregardlessconsidering
Mentally evaluating something
given · in view of · taking into account · with regard to · regarding
regard, disregard, regarding, regardless, regarded, disregarded, disregarding, disregards, unregarded