Meaning of INFREQUENT
| Pronunciation: | | in'freekwunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" |
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| | Synonyms: | | occasional(a), rare |
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| | Antonyms: | | frequent | | |
| | See Also: | | sporadic | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*fre"quent\, a. [L. infrquens : cf.F. infrequent.
See {In-} not, and {Frequent}.]
Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.
The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use
among all sorts of men. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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| | Related Terms: | | almost unheard-of, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, exiguous, meager, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, thin, tight, uncommon, unfrequent, unique, unusual |
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