uncommonness

Example Sentences

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At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

What is telling is that his uncommonness is not marshaled on the show to help comedy’s commoners.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2014

It is only when people refuse to admit the uncommonness of some persons and the circumstances surrounding them, that erroneous conceits are nourished, and their feelings pained.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

It seems as reasonable to suppose that the infrequency with which these several factors coincide is responsible for the relative uncommonness of botulism as to suppose it due to the rarity of the specific bacillus.

From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes

Unfortunately, its very rarity and uncommonness cause it to be counterfeited and imitated by unprincipled persons.

From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker