irregularities
Bumps and inconsistencies
Irregularities are deviations from what is standard, expected, or uniform.
The word often implies something wrong: accounting irregularities suggests financial misconduct, irregularities in the election suggests fraud or procedural failures.
In medicine, irregularities describe abnormal patterns: heart irregularities, menstrual irregularities.
The term can also simply mean unevenness: irregularities in the surface.
Extreme data points
- aberrationsDepartures from the norm
- quirksUnusual individual traits
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
- odditiesUnusual or strange things
eccentricities · exceptions · abnormalities · inconsistencies · idiosyncrasies · variances · divergences · glitches
Breaches of rules
- breachesBreaks or violations
- infringementsBreaches of rules/rights
- transgressionsViolations of rules or laws
- misconductImproper professional behavior
nonobservance · contraventions · flouting · disregard · delinquency · lapses · offenses · oversights
Not smooth or balanced
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- bumpyUneven in surface
- roughUneven in surface
wavy · crooked · lumpy · distorted · warped · misshapen · pitted · serrated
Incompatible combination
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- errorFault in communication
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
variance · gap · conflict · difference · incongruity · discordance · disagreement · imbalance
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
- skipped beatsMissed cardiac contractions
- fibrillationRapid irregular muscle contractions
- flutterRapid light movement
tachycardia · bradycardia · murmur · syncopation · disruption · intermittence · unevenness · fluctuation
Small raised areas
- rutsWorn parallel grooves
- potholesPavement depressions from wear
- undulationsWavelike rising and falling
- rough patchesDifficult periods experienced
grooves · ridges · dips · crevices · uneven ground · corrugations · hollows · craters
outliers
Extreme data points
- aberrationsDepartures from the norm
- quirksUnusual individual traits
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
oddities · eccentricities · exceptions · abnormalities · inconsistencies · idiosyncrasies · variances · divergences · glitches · blips
violations
Breaches of rules
- breachesBreaks or violations
- infringementsBreaches of rules/rights
- transgressionsViolations of rules or laws
misconduct · nonobservance · contraventions · flouting · disregard · delinquency · lapses · offenses · oversights · improprieties
uneven
Not smooth or balanced
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- bumpyUneven in surface
rough · wavy · crooked · lumpy · distorted · warped · misshapen · pitted · serrated · notched
mismatch
Incompatible combination
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- errorFault in communication
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
contradiction · variance · gap · conflict · difference · incongruity · discordance · disagreement · imbalance · misalignment
arrhythmia
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
- skipped beatsMissed cardiac contractions
- fibrillationRapid irregular muscle contractions
flutter · tachycardia · bradycardia · murmur · syncopation · disruption · intermittence · unevenness · fluctuation
bumps
Small raised areas
- rutsWorn parallel grooves
- potholesPavement depressions from wear
- undulationsWavelike rising and falling
rough patches · grooves · ridges · dips · crevices · uneven ground · corrugations · hollows · craters · furrows
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- election disputescontested results, recount, recounts, vote recount, vote recounts
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- detective wordsclues, evidence, crime, motive, suspect
- quirkseccentricities, idiosyncrasies, peculiarities, oddities, foibles
- accounting termsassets, cash, expenses, equity, retained earnings
irregularitiesregularities
Recurring predictable patterns
uniformities · consistencies · evenness · patterns · constancies
irregularitiesconformities
Agreements with prevailing standards
compliance · proprieties · regularity · standards · protocols
irregularitiessmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
evenness · flatness · uniformity · levelness · regularity
- voting irregularitiesDeviations from proper election procedures
- financial irregularitiesAnomalies in monetary records
- menstrual irregularitiesAbnormal periodic bleeding patterns
- electoral irregularitiesProblems in an election
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