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un·com·mon

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–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

]

—Related forms

un·com·mon·ness, noun

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

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un·com·mon Audio Help (ŭn-kŏm'ən) Pronunciation Key
adj. un·com·mon·er, un·com·mon·est

Not common; rare.
Wonderful; remarkable.

un·com'mon·ly adv., un·com'mon·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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uncommon
adjective
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]

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uncommon [anˈkomən] adjective

rare; unusual
Example: This type of animal is becoming very uncommon.

Arabic:	غَيْر مألوف، غَيْر شائِع
Chinese (Simplified):	罕见的
Chinese (Traditional):	罕見的
Czech:	vzácný
Danish:	ualmindelig
Dutch:	zeldzaam
Estonian:	ebatavaline, haruldane
Finnish:	harvinainen
French:	rare
German:	ungewöhnlich
Greek:	σπάνιος, ασυνήθιστος
Hungarian:	ritka
Icelandic:	sjaldgæfur, óvenjulegur

Italian:	raro
Japanese:	珍らしい
Latvian:	rets; neparasts
Lithuanian:	retas, neįprastas
Norwegian:	uvanlig
Polish:	niezwykły, rzadki
Portuguese (Portugal):	raro
Russian:	редкий
Slovak:	vzácny, nezvyčajný
Slovenian:	redek
Spanish:	raro, poco común
Swedish:	ovanlig
Turkish:	ender, alışılmamış

See also: uncommonly

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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.

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