uncommon Definition
un·com·mon (un käm′ən)
adjective
- rare; not common or usual
- strange; remarkable; extraordinary
uncommon Related Forms
uncommon Synonyms
uncommon
modif.
uncommon Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- bride: During the American Revolution, it wasn't uncommon for brides show their support for the rebellion by donning a red dress.
- patient: It is very uncommon for patients to experience any discomfort during implant placement.
- someone: It is not uncommon for someone living over the road from you to belong to a completely different ward.
Infinitive complement
- hear: Its not uncommon to hear such rents being paid.
- find: It is not uncommon to find older women who have an entire room of their homes filled with special dolls on display.
- see: Not uncommon to see 10 or more in a dive.
Modifies a noun
- occurrence: I was wrong ( a not uncommon occurrence ).
- surname: This page was first published in December 1995, to provide some information on the rather uncommon surname of Sipple.
- migrant: Thresher Sharks are usually uncommon summer migrants to the English Channel.
- specie: This is an uncommon resident species in the Nile Valley.
- complication: An uncommon complication of the disorder is central nervous system invasion.
- tumor: CONCLUSIONS: Primary SCC of the parotid gland is an uncommon tumor with a highly malignant potential.
Modifying Another Word
- relatively: Apart from these, fungi are a relatively uncommon cause of human disease.
- not: Its not uncommon to hear such rents being paid.
- fairly: Tho fairly uncommon, the merlins seem to be holding their own in Wharfedale.
- nationally: Photo courtesy RSPB Several nationally uncommon species occur on the heath including the Grayling butterfly, and breeding Stonechat, Dartford Warbler and Nightjar.
- locally: The limestone outcrops have several locally uncommon species including rock whitebeam and angular Solomon's Seal.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near uncommon
- ‹ uncommitted
- ‹ uncommercial
- ‹ uncomfortably
- ‹ uncomfortable
- ‹ uncollected funds
- ‹ uncoil
- ‹ unco
- ‹ unclothe
- ‹ unclose
- ‹ uncloak

