black sheep vs irregular

black sheep

noun
  • A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, sheep. 

  • A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy. 

  • A worker who refuses to strike; a scab. 

irregular

noun
  • One who does not regularly attend a venue. 

  • A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics. 

adj
  • without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity 

  • rough 

  • not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal 

  • whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other) 

  • nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations 

  • not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language 

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