uncommon

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
  2. adjective marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; -J.R.Lowell

Etymology

From un- + common.

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