adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑːdlɪs/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ləs/
General-American:/ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑɹdlɪs/
General-American:/ˌɪɹəˈɡɑɹdləs/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 R AH0 G AA1 D L AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Irrespective, regardless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adverb
Meaning 2
regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Probably a blend of irrespective + regardless. The word may also be analysed as ir- + regardless, as 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).