Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒmən
Adjective
uncommon (: more uncommon, : most uncommon)- rare; not readily
found; unusual
- Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state
- remarkable;
exceptional
- The diamond was of uncommon size
Translations
rare; not readily found; unusual
- Finnish: harvinainen, epätavallinen
- Spanish: raro, poco común
- Swedish: rar (archaic), sällsynt, ovanlig
remarkable; exceptional
- Finnish: poikkeuksellinen
- Spanish: excepcional, extraodinario
- Swedish: remarkabel, exceptionell
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Common or commons may refer to:
- "Commons" an abbreviation for the House of Commons
- COMMON, a users group
- Common land
- Common (language), fictional language used in sci-fi and fantasy literature
- Common noun
- Common species
- Common (rapper), Chicago based hip-hop artist formerly known as Common Sense
- Common stock, most usual form of stock in a corporation
- Creative Commons, non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share
- Wikimedia Commons, repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files
See also
uncommon in Portuguese: Common
(desambiguação)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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