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in⋅fre⋅quent

  [in-free-kwuhnt]
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–adjective
1. happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
2. not constant, habitual, or regular: an infrequent visitor.
3. not plentiful or many: infrequent opportunities for advancement.
4. far apart in space.
Origin:
1525–35; < L infrequent- (s. of infrequēns). See in- 3 , frequent

Related forms:
in⋅fre⋅quent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 3. scarce, rare, uncommon.
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in·fre·quent   (ĭn-frē'kwənt)   
adj.  
  1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest.
  2. Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space: infrequent oases in the desert.
in·fre'quence, in·fre'quen·cy n., in·fre'quent·ly adv.
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Infrequent

In*fre"quent\, a. [L. infrquens : cf.F. infrequent. See In- not, and Frequent.] Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. --Sir T. Elyot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : infrequent
Spanish: raro, espaciado,
German: spärlich,
Japanese: まれな
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infrequent 
1531, from L. infrequentem (nom. infrequens) "occurring seldom, unusual," from in- "not" + frequens (see frequent).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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