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Definitions

seldom

[sel-duhm] / ˈsɛl dəm /
ADVERB
infrequently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a few times hardly occasionally rarely scarcely sometimes sporadically
WEAK
every now and then from time to time hardly ever in a few cases inhabitually irregularly little not often not very often on and off once in a blue moon once in a while scarcely ever semioccasionally uncommonly unoften unusually whimsically
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frequently regularly
WEAK
often usually

Example Sentences

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Never mind that children seldom have meaningful choice but to comply with caregivers’ demands and may be in therapy not to pursue their goals but due to external pressures.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

A falling stock market has seldom bothered him.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

If arrested, they are seldom allowed to return home to their families anymore.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It is clear Guardiola sees the Champions League as the pinnacle - seldom is he more animated than on a big European night.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

It was an ancient mossy smell, the smell of a silent church where services are seldom held, where rusty lichen grows upon the stones and ivy tendrils creep to the very windows.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.