unfrequent

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It is of very rare occurrence in the pine-forests of Scotland, and a still more unfrequent visitor to England.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Weak puns are not unfrequent; and the diction but rarely reaches that exquisite felicity of comic phrase in which Pickwick and its successors excel.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

She said, “I am a-weary a-weary, I would I were in bed;” which is not an unfrequent wish in some ball rooms.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

It is not unfrequent, again, to hear the preceding fallacy stated in a somewhat different form.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole