unfrequent

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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 Johns, Rev. C. A.

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.

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

The instances are not unfrequent in which persons have attained a high place both in politics and literature.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.

Another likewise unfrequent but most dangerous accident is the septic infection of the abscess—an occurrence referred to by Olshausen to the diffusion of intestinal gases through the walls of the tumor.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various