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anomalous

[ uh-nom-uh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal:

    Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.

  2. not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual:

    He held an anomalous position in the art world.

  3. incongruous or inconsistent.
  4. Grammar. irregular.


anomalous

/ əˈnɒmələs /

adjective

  1. deviating from the normal or usual order, type, etc; irregular, abnormal, or incongruous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • aˈnomalousness, noun
  • aˈnomalously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • a·noma·lous·ly adverb
  • a·noma·lous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anomalous1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Medieval Latin, Late Latin anōmalus, or directly from Greek anṓmalos “irregular,” equivalent to an- “not, lacking” an- 1 + homalós “even,” with ō by analogy with other Greek privatives ( anopheles ); an- 1, homo-, -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anomalous1

C17: from Late Latin anōmalus, from Greek anōmalos uneven, inconsistent, from an- + homalos even, from homos one and the same
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Example Sentences

After an administration that actively hollowed out international institutions and goodwill, a renewed commitment to the world is necessary to show that this behavior was anomalous.

Women remained relegated to anomalous, feminized, supplemental categories and remained forgotten in broader narratives of popular music.

Disturbances in the planet’s magnetosphere, which are usually caused by anomalous outer-space events like solar flares, might mess with the inner workings of the brain, scrambling our perceptions in strange ways.

Pixie enables engineering teams to fundamentally rethink their monitoring strategy as it presents a vision of the future where we detect anomalous behavior and make operational decisions inside the infrastructure layer itself.

While some larger, older financial institutions have been slower to adapt their rule-based legacy systems, smaller, newer firms are using machine learning to look out for anomalous activity, whatever it might be.

No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.

Alito opened the door by questioning the “anomalous” Abood precedent, which lets states coerce union members into paying dues.

The bank acknowledges that it has some problems, but says they are anomalous.

The computers were being fed anomalous data because of a failed air speed gauge.

History has not decided about Carter because he is so anomalous.

He admitted that this was an anomalous course of legislation, and that the board would be entrusted with extraordinary powers.

A mongrel and anomalous species like the German Meerkatzen—monkey-cats.

From that time on Quin's status in the family became less anomalous.

At the time of the arrival of Pizarro, a curious condition, anomalous in their records, had arisen.

But, let me repeat, I was in an anomalous condition of mind, with my nerves set on edge by the events of the evening.

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