anomaly
noun/əˈnɒməli/
/əˈnɑːməli/
[countable, uncountable] (plural anomalies)
- anomaly (in something) a thing, situation, etc. that is different from what is normal or expected
- the many anomalies in the tax system
- the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth, the workers, were the poorest
- There are areas of anomaly in the report.
Extra Examples- The contradictions and anomalies in the old scheme were obvious.
- The existing law is full of loopholes and anomalies.
- He argued that Parliament should remove the anomaly that no member could be imprisoned for debt.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek anōmalia, from anōmalos, from an- ‘not’ + homalos ‘even’.
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