subregular

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adjective

Almost or imperfectly regular.

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Meanings

adjectivesubregular (comparative more subregular, superlative most 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

Origin

From sub- + regular.

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APA

subregular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subregular

MLA

“subregular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subregular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subregular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subregular.

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