irregardless

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑːdlɪs/
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/ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑːdlɪs/ · /-ləs/ · /ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑɹdlɪs/ · /ˌɪɹəˈɡɑɹdləs/

Definition of irregardless

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes)Irrespective, regardless.
    “Dear loved ones were unceremoniously hurried off home, irregardless to any previous arrangement, where they could sit down and recount the incidents of the trip to those who had been left behind, and where they were welcomed with the hearty greeting, "Home again."”
    “Mr. Mᶜg. [Rob Roy MacGregor], far from being unsusceptable of flatterry,^([sic]) irregardless of his own private interest, readily assented, and had a paper dictated to him to the following purpose: […]”
    “"Karsh said to get a picture - regardless or irregardless."”
    “Clitic resumptive pronouns are a major feature in Somali syntax. Object resumptive pronouns corresponding to arguments must always occur (with 3rd pers. pronoun=Ø) irregardless of the presence and position of the full coindexed object NPs [noun phrases].”
    “[T]he crime by definition allowed for the prosecution of both defendants irregardless of which defendant physically pulled the trigger.”

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Etymology

Probably a blend of irrespective + regardless; the word can also be analysed as ir- + regardless because it is possible that the prefix ir- was added to amplify the negative in regardless just as plain negatives often did at the time the word came into use (and still do in dialects).

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