irregular rhythm
Off-kilter timing pattern
Irregular rhythm describes a pattern of beats, sounds, or movements that lacks consistent timing or spacing.
In music, it refers to time signatures or accents that don't follow predictable intervals: The drummer's irregular rhythm kept listeners off balance.
In medicine, irregular rhythm typically means a heartbeat that varies unpredictably—skipping, racing, or pausing without pattern.
The phrase can describe anything from poetry to breathing to the irregular rhythm of city traffic.
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- heart murmurAbnormal cardiac sound
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irregular rhythmsteady beat
Consistent rhythmic pulse
metronome · even spacing · regularity · steady pace · mechanical precision
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