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Definitions for uncommon
ʌnˈkɒm ənun·com·mon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncommonadjective

    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. rare, uncommonadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. uncommonadjective

    rare; not readily found; unusual

    Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state

  2. uncommonadjective

    remarkable; exceptional

    The diamond was of uncommon size

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Uncommonadjective

    Not frequent; not often found or known.

    Some of them are uncommon, but such as the reader must assent to, when he sees them explained. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. uncommon

    Uncommon refers to something that is not often found, seen, or experienced; it is rare, unusual, or not widely known or shared. It indicates something that does not occur often or is not prevalent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uncommonadjective

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uncommon

    un-kom′un, adj. not common, strange.—adv. (coll.) very.—adv. Uncomm′only.—n. Uncomm′onness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncommon in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncommon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of uncommon in a Sentence

  1. Dee W. Hock:

    Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

  2. Bruce Huber:

    This is an exceedingly uncommon situation for the court to step in, and it jeopardizes the plan all together from going into affect while President Obama remains in office, the Supreme Court's order signals serious misgivings among some of the justices about the legality of the plan.

  3. Nate Leupp:

    It's not uncommon at all to be driving down the road and see an Ohio State sticker on cars. You can see someone in Home Depot wearing an Ohio State shirt and if you call out 'OH' they'll respond 'IO,'.

  4. Bert Irslinger Jr:

    This is not a gun issue; this is a terrorist issue and a hate crime. That's where we're taking a stance, there's definitely been backlash. Not in the store, but we've had people call. That's not uncommon in the firearms industry. I just hope they're finding their own way to support.

  5. Kiyoshi Masui:

    That's kind of the beautiful thing about this field -- FRBs are really hard to see, but they're not uncommon, if your eyes could see radio flashes the way you can see camera flashes, you would see them all the time if you just looked up.

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