"infrequency" meaning in All languages combined

See infrequency on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: infrequencies [plural]
Etymology: Latin infrequentia (“scantiness”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|infrequentia||scantiness}} infrequentia (“scantiness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} infrequency (usually uncountable, plural infrequencies)
  1. The characteristic of being infrequent. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: rarity, irregularity, scarcity, rareness
    Sense id: en-infrequency-en-noun--6JpAIO9
  2. The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-infrequency-en-noun-cU97CiPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: uncommonness, rareness, infrequence [dated]

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