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uncommon - 4 dictionary results

un⋅com⋅mon

[uhn-kom-uhn]
–adjective, -er, -est.
1. not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
2. unusual in amount or degree; above the ordinary: an uncommon amount of mail.
3. exceptional; remarkable.

Origin:
1540–50; un- 1 + common


un⋅com⋅mon⋅ness, noun


1. scarce, infrequent; odd, singular, strange, peculiar, queer. 2. extraordinary. 3. outstanding.
un·com·mon   (ŭn-kŏm'ən)   
adj.   un·com·mon·er, un·com·mon·est
  1. Not common; rare.
  2. Wonderful; remarkable.
un·com'mon·ly adv., un·com'mon·ness n.

Uncommon

Un*com"mon\, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
Language Translation for : uncommon
Spanish: raro, poco común,
German: ungewöhnlich,
Japanese: 珍らしい

uncommon 
1548, "not possessed incommon," from un- (1) "not" + common (adj.). Meaning "not commonly occurring, unusual, rare" is recorded from 1611.
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