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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind;
- Example: "uncommon birds"
- Example: "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"
- Example: "doing an uncommon amount of business"
- Example: "an uncommon liking for money"
- Example: "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

2. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind;
- Example: "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
- Example: "a rare skill"
- Example: "an uncommon sense of humor"
- Example: "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
[syn: rare, uncommon]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uncommon
    adj 1: 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]
    2: 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]