uncommon

  • 1Uncommon — Un*com mon, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. [1913 Webster] Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. [1913 Webster] {Un*com mon*ly} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2uncommon — [adj1] very different aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arcane, bizarre, curious, eccentric, egregious, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, few, freakish, infrequent, irregular, nondescript, noteworthy, novel, odd, original, out… …

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  • 3uncommon — I adjective aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, curious, different, distinctive, eccentric, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, infrequent, insolitus, inusitate, inusitatus, marked, noteworthy, novel, occasional, odd, out of the way,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 4uncommon — 1540s, not possessed in common, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + COMMON (Cf. common) (adj.). Meaning not commonly occurring, unusual, rare is recorded from 1610s. Related: Uncommonly …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5uncommon — *infrequent, scarce, rare, occasional, sporadic Analogous words: *strange, singular, unique: *exceptional: *choice, exquisite Antonyms: common …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6uncommon — ► ADJECTIVE 1) out of the ordinary; unusual. 2) remarkably great. DERIVATIVES uncommonly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7uncommon — [un käm′ən] adj. 1. rare; not common or usual 2. strange; remarkable; extraordinary uncommonly adv. uncommonness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 8uncommon — [[t]ʌ̱nkɒ̱mən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you describe something as uncommon, you mean that it does not happen often or is not often seen. Cancer of the breast in young women is uncommon... A 15 year lifespan is not uncommon for a dog.… …

    English dictionary

  • 9uncommon — adj. uncommon to + inf. (it is not uncommon to find people here who know several languages) * * * [ʌn kɒmən] uncommon to + inf. (it is not uncommon to find people here who know several languages) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10uncommon — un|com|mon [ ʌn kamən ] adjective unusual, rare, or not happening often: Doris is a very uncommon name nowadays. not uncommon (=happening to a lot of people): Anxiety about taking tests is not uncommon. Surprisingly, it is not uncommon for… …

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