Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not common; rare.
- adj. Wonderful; remarkable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not common; not usual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; extraordinary; strange.
- Synonyms Scarce, unusual, unwonted, unique, singular, queer. See common.
- Exceedingly; very: as, uncommon cheap.
Wiktionary
- adj. rare; not readily found; unusual
- adj. remarkable; exceptional
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- adj. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
Examples
“Now, this is what I call uncommon jolly," said Captain Bunting, sitting down on his saddle before the cheerful blaze, rubbing his hands, and gazing round, with a smile of the utmost benignity on his broad, hairy countenance.”
“That right there is what we call uncommon valor," Myer said.”
“Not uncommon from the ideologically interested pews of academe.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?”
“It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. - unknown”
“Again, PABA banned a specific and rare method chosen for the good of the woman and used almost solely in uncommon, often serious second-trimester abortions.”
“Good question - I'd call it uncommon, expecially as compared to Polycystic ovarian syndrome, which is seen in up to 10% of women and can also impact fertility.”
“Obama answers Rezko questions in uncommon detail ....”
Bush on economy: leave it alone and it will somehow work out
“I swooned over the everyday ingredients in uncommon combination.”
“The bird is sometimes described as uncommon to rare, although in appropriate habitat it may actually be quite common.”
“Kristine found it somehow right that her boss had a name uncommon for women.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uncommon’.
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Un-word List
untrammelled, untoward, unenthusiastically, unenthusiastic, undaunted, uncanny, unceasing, unbridled, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unadorned, unaffected and 239 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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deliciously descriptive
words I use in my writing to paint pictures.
grey, cinnamon, pale, filigree, wistful, embrace, affection, spatter, glisten, sated, shiver, graceful and 26 more...
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