Definitions for: Uncommon


[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"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), rare, special, unusual, unwonted

Antonyms: common

See Also: extraordinary

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