noun
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the condition or quality of being informal
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an informal act
Other Word Forms
- superinformality noun
Etymology
Origin of informality
Example Sentences
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"Resilient growth and stable unemployment figures should not distract us from the deeper reality: hundreds of millions of workers remain trapped in poverty, informality, and exclusion," ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo said in a statement.
From Barron's
An active participant in proceedings, he at times asks questions of witnesses himself, and is known for occasional informality.
The illustrations by Leanne Hatch have a warm informality as she shows a family of five lighting the candles on a menorah each evening before dinner.
Her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, saw the value in that informality.
From BBC
But informality and ambiguity remain a feature, not a bug, of China’s approach to coercive economic bargaining.
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