uncommon
pronunciation
How to pronounce uncommon in British English:
UK [ʌnˈkɒmən]
How to pronounce uncommon in American English:
US [ʌnˈkɑmən]
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- Adjective:
- not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
- marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
Word Origin
- uncommon (adj.)
- 1540s, "not possessed in common," from un- (1) "not" + common (adj.). Meaning "not commonly occurring, unusual, rare" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Uncommonly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. In the east similar characters were not very uncommon among eunuchs .
- 2. While such collisions are uncommon , nuclear expert john large said such boats often ply the same waters .
- 3. It remains , sadly , an uncommon combination .
- 4. New ideas and innovations are always an achievement of uncommon men .
- 5. The uncommon sense of copernicus , galileo and giordano bruno , who was burned to death .