Infrequent

3 definitions found

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

  Infrequent \In*fre"quent\, a. [L. infrequens : cf. F.
     infrequent. See {In-} not, and {Frequent}.]
     Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.
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           The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use


           among all sorts of men.                  --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infrequent
       adj : not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals;
             "infrequent outbursts of temper" [ant: {frequent}]

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

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "infrequent":
     almost unheard-of, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, exiguous,
     meager, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty,
     scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with,
     seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, sparse, spotty,
     sprinkled, stingy, thin, tight, uncommon, unfrequent, unique,
     unusual