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infrequent

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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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Word Origin & History

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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