subregular

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ regular

Adjective[edit]

subregular (comparative more subregular, superlative most subregular)

  1. Almost or imperfectly regular.
    • 2006, Ted Briscoe, Ann Copestake, Valeria de Paiva, Inheritance, Defaults and the Lexicon, page 8:
      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).
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