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English Dictionary: uncommon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uncommon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uncommon adj 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" Antonym(s): common 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" Synonym(s): rare, uncommon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uncommon \Uncom"mon\, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon* season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- {Uncom"monly}, adv. -- {Uncom"monness}, n.