Definitions for uncommonness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•com•monʌnˈkɒm ən(adj.)-er, -est.

  1. not common; unusual; rare.

  2. more than the usual in amount or degree.

  3. exceptional.

Origin of uncommon:

1540–50

un•com′mon•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncommonness(noun)

    extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality

  2. uncommonness(noun)

    extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered

Wiktionary

  1. uncommonness(Noun)

    The state or quality of being uncommon.


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