infrequent

Example Sentences

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"We're trying to infer processes from incomplete clues, often with very limited data collected by missions that are extraordinarily expensive and infrequent."

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The net result of all this complexity is that losses tend to be infrequent, but when they come they can be severe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But following the 2015 dispute, the researchers saw that there was a six-week avoidance period between the two sets, with interactions becoming more infrequent.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“Although corporate spreads have widened recently, this is still an attractive borrowing environment for an infrequent and very strong issuer,” Levenson wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

We ate almost all our meals in the drawing room, journeying to the dining car only on those infrequent occasions when Mother yielded to our complaints that scurvy was threatening to set in.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey