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uncommon

un·com·mon

UK/ʌnˈkɒmən/ US/ʌˈnkɑmʌn/ fairly common uk

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”
Synonyms

Origin

From un- + common.

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