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un·com·mon
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Audio Help [uhn-kom-uh
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| 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. |
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uncommon
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| un·com·mon
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adj. un·com·mon·er, un·com·mon·est
un·com'mon·ly adv., un·com'mon·ness n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
uncommon
1548, "not possessed incommon," from un- (1) "not" + common (adj.). Meaning "not commonly occurring, unusual, rare" is recorded from 1611.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| uncommon | |
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| 1. | not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" [ant: common] |
| 2. | marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: rare] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
uncommon [anˈkomən] adjective
rare; unusual
Example: This type of animal is becoming very uncommon.
See also: uncommonlyExample: This type of animal is becoming very uncommon.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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