Meaning & use
Irregardless
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Regardless; without regard to or in spite of something (a widely used but nonstandard word).
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Irregardless of the weather, the game will go on as scheduled.
She said she was moving forward with the plan, irregardless of what anyone thought.
A note on using this word
Most style guides consider 'irregardless' nonstandard because the negative prefix 'ir-' duplicates the negative suffix '-less'; 'regardless' alone conveys the same meaning.
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