uncommon
un·com·mon
adjective
1.
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
- “uncommon birds”
- “frost and floods are uncommon during these months”
- “doing an uncommon amount of business”
- “an uncommon liking for money”
- “he owed his greatest debt to his mother”
2.
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- “what is so rare as a day in June” J.R.Lowell
- “a rare skill”
- “an uncommon sense of humor”
- “she was kind to an uncommon degree”
Origin
From un- + common.
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