uncommon
adjective/ʌnˈkɒmən/
/ʌnˈkɑːmən/
- not existing in large numbers or in many places synonym unusual, rare
- an uncommon occurrence
- Side effects from the drug are uncommon.
- It is not uncommon for college students to live at home.
- Red squirrels are uncommon in England.
Extra Examples- Such technologies were still uncommon in the US.
- Oswald is an uncommon name nowadays.
- It is not uncommon to find 30 different species on one tree.
- Unfortunately, racist attacks are not at all uncommon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- (formal or literary) unusually large in degree or amount; great synonym remarkable
- She showed uncommon pleasure at his arrival.
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