Meaning of UNCOMMON
| Pronunciation: | | un'kâmun
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), rare, special, unusual, unwonted |
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| | Definition: | | \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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