irregardless or regardless

Regardless is an adverb that means without paying attention to the situation of circumstances.

“Susan and Matt kept driving regardless of the pounding rain.” 

Nowadays, you will hear many people say ‘irregardless’. This is not grammatically correct, but may have come into play because the prefix ‘ir’ is used to mean ‘not’ – think ‘responsible/irresponsible’.

Even though regardless already has that sense of ‘not paying attention’, some people emphasize the ‘not’ by saying irregardless.

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• wreckless vs reckless
• in route vs en route
• woman vs women
• warmongerer vs warmonger
• vary vs very
• dateline vs deadline
• below table vs table below
• standalone vs stand-alone
• gaurd vs guard
• tripple vs triple

Definitions

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• r  regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously

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• s  (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
  crushing the blooms with regardless tread
• r  in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
  he carried on regardless of the difficulties

News & Articles

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  July 27, 2013 - Zap2It
• 'Big Brother 15': Amanda calls Spencer 'misogynistic,' Howard makes a big speech
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  July 27, 2013 - Zap2It

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  June 26, 2013 - Christian News Wire
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  June 26, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News