Uncommon

3 definitions found

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

  Uncommon \Un*com"mon\, a.
     Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable;
     strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold
     or heat; uncommon courage.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Un*com"mon*ly}, adv. --
          {Un*com"mon*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uncommon
       adj 1: 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" [ant:
              {common}]
       2: 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" [syn: {rare}]

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

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncommon":
     almost unheard-of, appalling, astonishing, at a premium, breakaway,
     conspicuous, different, egregious, exceptional, extraordinary,
     extremely, fabulous, fantastic, few, formidable, in short supply,
     incredible, infrequent, marked, marvelous, notable, noteworthy,
     noticeable, novel, occasional, of mark, offbeat, original,
     out of print, out of season, out of stock, outstanding, rare,
     rarely, recherche, remarkable, scanty, scarce, seldom,
     seldom met with, seldom seen, signal, singular, slow, sparse,
     sporadic, strange, striking, sui generis, superior, uncommonly,
     uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent,
     unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unthinkable,
     unthought-of, unusual, unusually, unwonted, wonderful