"uncommonness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: uncommonnesses [plural]
Etymology: From uncommon + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|uncommon|ness}} uncommon + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uncommonness (countable and uncountable, plural uncommonnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being uncommon; rarity. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: rarity, rareness Translations (state of being uncommon): éagsúlacht [feminine] (Irish), neparastība [feminine] (Latvian), neparastums [masculine] (Latvian), ovanlighet (Swedish), sällsynthet (Swedish)

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