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informal

[in-fawr-muhl] / ɪnˈfɔr məl /


ADJECTIVE
conversational or colloquial
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But they rarely offer long-term measures to address housing quality, urban heat retention, and protections for informal workers.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

“It’s difficult to analyze the process, you know,” Pochettino said during an informal, 40-minute discussion at his team’s Dana Point hotel, the sun setting over the ocean through the open patio doors of his office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

"They said we must move from the informal settlements... Now we are here, trying to get back home, they are following us," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Local officials said the instructors had belonged to a private company that offered rope-jumping activities, though some local reports suggest they had belonged to informal groups of practitioners.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

The only actual poll I ever took myself was informal and designed to answer the burning question: What percentage of college women enjoy watching the Three Stooges?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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