unfrequent
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Such desperate encounters are, however, of rare occurrence, though collisions less sanguinary are not unfrequent.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by John S. Springer
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
He was her luxury, her delight, the outlet of her not unfrequent tempers, and one of the three sources of a very limited income.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
This bird is not unfrequent in East Anglia, and it is met with now and again along the south coast, and has wandered up the Thames valley.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
The Great Bustard was formerly not unfrequent in Britain, but of late years it has become so rare that it is now impossible to describe its habits on the testimony of a living eye-witness.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
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