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Definition of 'uncommon'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (,) uncommon
not common; unusual; rare.

2. uncommon
more than the usual in amount or degree.

3. uncommon
exceptional.

Etymology: (1540–50)

Definition of 'uncommon'

Princeton's WordNet

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"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

Definition of 'uncommon'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) uncommon
≠ common
Attacks by bears are uncommon.; an uncommon sight; It had been uncommonly rainy.; an uncommonly tasty wine

Definition of 'uncommon'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) uncommon
not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage

Translation of 'uncommon'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: rare; unusual This type of animal is becoming very uncommon.
Afrikaans: ongewoon, raar	Arabic: غَيْر مألوف، غَيْر شائِع	Bulgarian: необикновен
Brazilian: incomum	Czech: vzácný	German: ungewöhnlich
Danish: ualmindelig	Greek: σπάνιος, ασυνήθιστος	Spanish: raro, poco común
Estonian: ebatavaline, haruldane	Farsi: نادر	Finnish: epätavallinen
French: rare	Hebrew: לא רָגִיל, לא שָׁכִיחַ	Hindi: असामान्य
Croatian: rijedak, neobičan	Hungarian: ritka	Indonesian: langka
Icelandic: sjaldgæfur, óvenjulegur	Italian: raro	Japanese: 珍らしい
Korean: (보기) 드문	Lithuanian: retas, neįprastas	Latvian: rets; neparasts
Malay: tdk biasa	Dutch: zeldzaam	Norwegian: uvanlig
Polish: niezwykły, rzadki	Persian: نادر	Pashto: كله كله، كله نا كله: لږ م
Portuguese: raro	Romanian: neobişnuit	Russian: редкий
Slovak: vzácny, nezvyčajný	Slovenian: redek	Serbian: neuobičajen
Swedish: ovanlig	Thai: ที่พบได้น้อย	Turkish: ender, alışılmamış
Taiwanese: 罕見的，不尋常的	Ukrainian: незвичний, рідкісний	Urdu: نادر، غير معمولي
Vietnamese: bất thường, hiếm thấy	Chinese: 罕见的，不寻常的
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