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UK
/ʌnkˈɒmən/
]
[ US /ənˈkɑmən/ ]
[ US /ənˈkɑmən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
uncommon birds
he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability
frost and floods are uncommon during these months
doing an uncommon amount of business
an uncommon liking for money -
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
an uncommon sense of humor
a rare skill
she was kind to an uncommon degree
what is so rare as a day in June
How To Use uncommon In A Sentence
- Like, Darren, I have a fairly uncommon name - however, there are a couple of others out there.
- The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
- Later, when he left the company to launch his company, the mystique of his name followed (in part due to its uncommonness). Game Designers Gain Notoriety
- Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.
- They were using uncommonly flowery language.
- It was no longer uncommon for patients to be lying on hospital trolleys for up to four days.
- You displayed uncommon courage and valor.
- Endemic to the Solomon Islands, this eagle is usually regarded as rare or uncommon.
- For what is a very common operation, it's taking me an uncommon amount of time to recover. Times, Sunday Times
- Hotspur is an uncommon man, whose uncommonness is unsupported by his father at a critical moment. William Shakespeare