Uncommonness

2 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.
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     Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Un*com"mon*ly}, adv. --
          {Un*com"mon*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uncommonness
       n : extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and
           uncommon [ant: {commonness}]