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What (who) is irregardless - definition
NONSTANDARD WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
irregardless
1) people use this word to stress the meaning of regardless.
You will follow the policy, irregardless of your feelings.
2) Used to dismiss a valid point or issue. To continue in spite of the facts.
Abe: Your decisions have resulted in a loss in excess of $2.2 billion.Zeb: Irregardless. We still need to address our employees excessive smoke breaks.
You will follow the policy, irregardless of your feelings.
2) Used to dismiss a valid point or issue. To continue in spite of the facts.
Abe: Your decisions have resulted in a loss in excess of $2.2 billion.Zeb: Irregardless. We still need to address our employees excessive smoke breaks.
irregardless
¦ adjective & adverb informal regardless.
Origin
C19: prob. a blend of irrespective and regardless.
Usage
Irregardless means the same as regardless: the negative prefix ir- is unnecessary as it merely duplicates the suffix -less. The word is regarded as incorrect in standard English.
Irregardless
Irregardless is a word sometimes used in place of regardless or irrespective, which has caused controversy since the early twentieth century, though the word appeared in print as early as 1795.City Gazette & Daily Advertiser (Charleston, South Carolina).
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Irregardless
Irregardless is a word sometimes used in place of regardless or irrespective, which has caused controversy since the early twentieth century, though the word appeared in print as early as 1795.
Examples of use of irregardless
1. But this, too, doesn‘t trouble the earth; its mechanics grind on irregardless of the particular mixture of heat and gases fed into the system.
2. "Irregardless of the effect of the cuts, the cuts are illegal . . . because they are designed to punish civilians for the acts of militants," Bashi said.
3. Irregardless of this report smoking is not healthy and when you are pregnant it is not wise to do anything that will adversely affect your health.
4. Cohen believes that prices have reached unsustainably high levels that cannot be maintained "irregardless of whether U.S. banks are crashing." These price levels are a matter of concern to mortgage banks, he says.
5. Clint Nichols said Sunday. Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to.‘‘ After being whisked away in handcuffs, Simpson was booked at the county jail Sunday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm, police said.