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uncommon

4 definitions • 5 examples

1

not seen, happening, or experienced often:

Examples:

Accidents due to failure of safety equipment are uncommon nowadays.

It's not uncommon for people to become ill when they travel.

2

An uncommon quality, especially a human quality, is larger in amount or degree than usual:

Examples:

a woman of uncommon beauty

3

not seen, happening, or experienced often:

Examples:

It’s not uncommon for someone to change jobs several times.

4

(esp. of a human quality) unusually large in amount or degree:

Examples:

She’s a woman of uncommon kindness.

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