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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.
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Infrequently
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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infrequent
1531, from L. infrequentem (nom. infrequens) "occurring seldom, unusual," from in- "not" + frequens (see frequent).
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