'Uncommon' definitions:

Definition of 'uncommon'

From: WordNet
adjective
Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" [ant: common]
adjective
Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: rare, uncommon]

Definition of 'Uncommon'

From: GCIDE
  • Uncommon \Un*com"mon\, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*com"mon*ly}, adv. -- {Un*com"mon*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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