uncommon

30 04 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) uncommon;
  - 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”;

2. (adj.) rare, uncommon;
  - marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind;
  - “what is so rare as a day in June”; “a rare skill”; “an uncommon sense of humor”; “she was kind to an uncommon degree”;

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