un commonest

adjective, un·com·mon·er, un·com·mon·est.

not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.

unusual in amount or degree; above the ordinary: an uncommon amount of mail.

exceptional; remarkable.

Origin:
1540–50; un-¹ + common

Related forms

un·com·mon·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. scarce, infrequent; odd, singular, strange, peculiar, queer. 2. extraordinary. 3. outstanding.

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uncommon (ʌnˈkɒmən)

—*adj*
1.	outside or beyond normal experience, conditions, etc; unusual
2.	in excess of what is normal: an uncommon liking for honey

—*adv*
3.	an archaic word for uncommonly

un'commonness

—n

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Word Origin & History

uncommon

1540s, "not possessed incommon," from un- (1) "not" + common (adj.). Meaning "not commonly occurring, unusual, rare" is recorded from 1610s.

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