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uncommonness

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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.
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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   (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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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
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