"uncommon" meaning in English

See uncommon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈkɒmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncommon.wav Forms: uncommoner [comparative], uncommonest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒmən Etymology: From un- + common. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|common}} un- + common Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} uncommon (comparative uncommoner, superlative uncommonest)
  1. Rare; not readily found; unusual. Translations (rare; not readily found; unusual): необикновен (neobiknoven) (Bulgarian), zeldzaam (Dutch), nekomuna (Esperanto), harvinainen (Finnish), epätavallinen (Finnish), ungebräuchlich (German), éagsúlach (Irish), 珍しい (mezurashii) (Japanese), haraki (Maori), waraki (Maori), unġewunelīċ (Old English), incomum (Portuguese), rar (Romanian), necomun (Romanian), необы́чный (neobýčnyj) (Russian), raro (Spanish), poco común (Spanish), extraño (Spanish), poco frecuente (Spanish), infrecuente (Spanish), rar [archaic] (Swedish), sällsynt (Swedish), ovanlig (Swedish), anghyffredin (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-uncommon-en-adj-s2iKZrph Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 43 9 48 Disambiguation of 'rare; not readily found; unusual': 88 12
  2. Remarkable; exceptional. Translations (remarkable; exceptional): особен (osoben) (Bulgarian), изключителен (izključitelen) (Bulgarian), uitzonderlijk (Dutch), exceptioneel (Dutch), poikkeuksellinen (Finnish), ungewöhnlich (German), 非凡な (hibon na) (Japanese), 特異な (tokui na) (Japanese), incomum (Portuguese), excepcional (Portuguese), excepcional (Spanish), extraordinario (Spanish), insólito (Spanish), remarkabel (Swedish), exceptionell (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uncommon-en-adj-REaR6MZR Disambiguation of 'remarkable; exceptional': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infrequent [rare], raresome, scarce, rare

Adverb

IPA: /ʌnˈkɒmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncommon.wav
Rhymes: -ɒmən Etymology: From un- + common. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|common}} un- + common Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} uncommon (not comparable)
  1. (archaic, UK, dialect) Exceedingly, exceptionally. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Related terms: uncommonly, uncommonness
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Inflected forms

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      "rhymes": "-ɒmən"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "infrequent"
    },
    {
      "word": "raresome"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "rare"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobiknoven",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "необикновен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "zeldzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "nekomuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "harvinainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "epätavallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "ungebräuchlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "éagsúlach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mezurashii",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "珍しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "haraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "waraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "unġewunelīċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "incomum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "rar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "necomun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobýčnyj",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "необы́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "raro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "poco común"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "extraño"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "poco frecuente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "infrecuente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "rar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "sällsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "ovanlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rare; not readily found; unusual",
      "word": "anghyffredin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osoben",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "особен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izključitelen",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "изключителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "uitzonderlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "exceptioneel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "poikkeuksellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "ungewöhnlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hibon na",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "非凡な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokui na",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "特異な"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "incomum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "extraordinario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "insólito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "remarkabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remarkable; exceptional",
      "word": "exceptionell"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncommon"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɒmən/3 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "uncommonly"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncommonness"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘Is Suffolk your county, sir?’ asked William.\n‘Yes,’ I said, with some importance. ‘Suffolk’s my county.’\n‘I’m told the dumplings is uncommon fine down there,’ said William.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 159:",
          "text": "'The Squire's pretty springe, considering his weight,' said Mr Macey, 'and he stamps uncommon well.'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Exceedingly, exceptionally."
      ],
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          "Exceedingly",
          "exceedingly"
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        "(archaic, UK, dialect) Exceedingly, exceptionally."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "archaic",
        "dialectal",
        "not-comparable"
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      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkɒmən/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒmən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncommon"
}

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