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uncommon

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uncommon in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    rare  uncommon 
  2. 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"
    uncommon 
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