Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Thinness; tenuity; rarity: as, the rareness of air or vapor.
- n. The state of being scarce, or of happening seldom; uncommonness; infrequeney.
- n. Uncommon character or quality; especially, unusual excellence, fineness, or the like.
- n. The state of being rare or underdone in cooking.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or quality of being rare.
WordNet 3.0
- n. noteworthy scarcity
Etymologies
- rare + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In other words, the Board agreed with Judge Seeherman's view that "rareness" is the most important factor in the surname analysis.”
“However, we believe it is important to accord the proper weight to the "rareness" of the surname factor while keeping in mind the purpose of Section 2 (e) (4) of the Act. As explained by Judge Seeherman in her concurrence in”
“Applying the standard four-factor analysis for surname refusals, the Board considered: (1) the degree of the surname's "rareness"; (2) whether anyone connected with applicant has the mark as a surname; (3) whether the mark has any recognized meaning other than as a surname; and (4) whether the mark has the "look and sound" of a surname.”
“A spirit, for all its rareness, not of “heaven” but of Earth.”
“Meyer admits that this is nothing other than “a negative claim against Neo-Darwinism,” and fails as we would predict to evaluate whether the rareness of functional protein structures is in fact a problem for evolutionary explanation.”
Two analyses of Meyer's "Signature in the Cell" - The Panda's Thumb
“Because of the rareness of your parentage, the first mixed-breed Aequitas-Omnivatic child in three thousand years, the Archon has kept an interested eye on you from birth.”
“Because of the cool looking alternate cover art and rareness of the film I picked it up immediately.”
“Upsets are great, but their specialness derives from their rareness.”
“This thing interconnects so many realms of knowledge and tradition and experience that its mere rareness and specialness may even itself count as some kind of approximation of the divine - whatever that is if it's not ... well just that.”
Valerie Tarico: Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 4 of 6
“I won't go on to paraphrase DB's developing argument about random collisions and rareness, as if you've read this far you'll know if you are with her and want to read the article.”
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