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subregular

subregular adjective: almost or imperfectly regular.

Adjective

subregular (comparative more subregular, superlative most subregular)

  1. Almost or imperfectly regular.
    • However, there are verbs for which past participle formation is irregular (e.g. sleep, slept; write, wrote) and within these irregular verbs there are subregular classes (as well as purely lexical exceptions, such as go, went).2006, Ted Briscoe, Ann Copestake, Valeria de Paiva, Inheritance, Defaults and the Lexicon, page 8

Forms of subregular

comparativemore subregular
superlativemost subregular

Origin of subregular

From sub- + regular.

Questions about subregular

What does subregular mean?
Subregular means almost or imperfectly regular.
What part of speech is subregular?
Subregular is an adjective.

Words near subregular in the dictionary

  1. subregister
  2. subregisters
  3. subregna
  4. subregnum
  5. subregnums
  6. subregular
  7. subregularity
  8. subregulation
  9. subregulations
  10. subrelativistic
  11. subreligion

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