Infrequency

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infrequence \In*fre"quence\, Infrequency \In*fre"quen*cy\, n.
     [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]
     1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as,
        the infrequence of his visits.
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     2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation;
        retirement; seclusion. [R.]
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              The solitude and infrequency of the place. --Bp.
                                                    Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infrequency
       n : noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rarity}, {rareness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "infrequency":
     chinchiness, chintziness, exiguity, fewness, meagerness,
     miserliness, niggardliness, paucity, rarity, restrictedness,
     scantiness, scarcity, scrimpiness, skimpiness, smallness,
     sparseness, sparsity, stinginess, stringency, thinness,
     tightness