Vocabulary
Anomaly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
Urdu meaning
بے ترتیبی، بے قاعدگی، انوکھا پن،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This trio, Pew said, was an anomaly in a 24-nation study that spanned Western democracies and selected Asian and African nations, most of which expressed widespread disapproval of the Israeli state.
- The Bench must fix this anomaly fairly in appeal.
- There`s an anomaly here, however.
- The Philippines was an Asian anomaly, and since then the US has preferred satellite states to colonies.
- The name `Shankar` and chapli kebab is an anomaly of the highest order.
Synonyms
oddity, peculiarity, abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, deviation,
Antonyms
average, norm, normal, par, standard
Curator example
“there are a number of anomalies in the present system”
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