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uncommon
adjective
Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
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ʌnˈkɒmən
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adjective
Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
“Uncommon birds”
adjective
Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; - J.R.Lowell
“What is so rare as a day in June”
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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
What is so rare as a day in June
A rare skill
An uncommon sense of humor
She was kind to an uncommon degree
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