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词汇 uncommon
释义 uncommon
adjective
uk /ʌnˈkɒm.ən/ us /ʌnˈkɑː.mən/

uncommonadjective (NOT FREQUENT)


C1
not seen, happening, or experienced often: 罕见的,不常有的
Accidents due to failure of safety equipment are uncommon nowadays.因安全装置失灵导致的事故如今很罕见。
It's not uncommon for people to become ill when they travel.人们在旅行途中患病的情况很常见。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

unusual
unusualThat's an unusual name - where does it come from?
uncommonIt's not uncommon(= it is common) for people to become ill when they travel.
rareThis is a rare opportunity to visit the building.
unconventionalI had a very unconventional childhood.
uniqueThis is your chance to own a unique piece of jewellery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unknown and unfamiliar
alien
alienly
alienness
anti-foreign
anti-foreigner
not be in someone's vocabularyidiom
obscure
obscurely
obscurity
pig
shadowy
the outside worldidiom
uncharted
unchartered
uncracked
undefined
unexplored
unsung
untried
unused

uncommonadjective (EXTREME)


old-fashionedformal
An uncommon quality, especially a human quality, is larger in amount or degree than usual: (尤指人的特质)不寻常的,异常的
a woman of uncommon beauty异常漂亮的女子
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Big and quite big
appreciable
baronial
bigly
bloated
boxcar
bulky
expansive
heaping
hearty
heftily
hefty
higher
pumped
rambling
roomy
royal
royally
savage
sizable
the bigger the betteridiom

uncommon | American Dictionary


uncommon
adjective
us/ʌnˈkɑm·ən/

uncommonadjective (NOT FREQUENT)


[ not gradable ]
not seen, happening, or experienced often:
It’s not uncommon for someone to change jobs several times.

uncommonadjective (UNUSUALLY LARGE)


(esp. of a human quality) unusually large in amount or degree:
She’s a woman of uncommon kindness.

uncommonly


adverbus/ʌnˈkɑm·ən·li/
an uncommonly gifted singer

Examples of uncommon


uncommon
Outbreaks linked to commercially cooked and distributed products are uncommon.
Paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations were the predominant features, with formal thought disorder, catatonic features and negative symptoms being uncommon.
Grandchildren who lived abroad were not uncommon in this category of grandparents.
In addition, our preliminary analyses indicated that breaches that might represent moral transgressions were uncommon.
As is not uncommon with a primary care orientation, this programme has been initiated by health providers.
Imperfect market mechanisms are also indicated by the fact that prior to about 1720 exchanges of houses between two families were not uncommon.
The coordinates vary with illumination, do not capture perceived similarity relations, and are tied to very specific and (outside the laboratory) uncommon viewing conditions.
Conflict within company directorates and between companies was not uncommon.
However, such direct parasitological assessment is awkward and uncommon, and serological methods are now the mainstay for laboratory diagnosis.
Taylor compounded for the living before he was presented, a not uncommon practice.
Although not a pr imary hospice condition, pressure ulcers are not uncommon in dy ing patients.
There is nothing unusual or uncommon about this sort of situation.
Serious adverse events attributable to the antipsychotic medication were uncommon; however, side effects were not systematically evaluated in most studies.
Although these results appear low, this is not uncommon for specifications based on growth-rate data.
When this ceases, it is not uncommon for the speaker to abandon the turn and reformulate.
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