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uncommon

[uhn-kom-uhn] / ʌnˈkɒm ən /




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The loan structure was uncommon; most lenders offer ARMs with an initial five- or seven-year fixed period.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Very old chondrules are surprisingly uncommon today, even though they appear to have been abundant during the Solar System's earliest history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The kidnapping also caused concern among Malawi's business community and British nationals living in the southern African country, where abductions of foreign nationals are relatively uncommon.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alas, there’s nothing new or uncommon about self-interested financial studies posing as objective analyses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

It was more bad news, though, as the parties exchanged threats, and the second human displayed an uncommon knowledge of fairy affairs.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

If this so-called thermodynamic effect were all there was to it, temperatures now considered unusually hot would become more typical and those regarded as uncommonly cold, uncommoner still.

From Economist ● Jul. 28, 2018

I should hope so," said the boy,—"the uncommoner the better.

From The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank Richard Stockton

The commonest thing is quite as strange as the uncommonest, only habit blunts our sense.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Ludwig Tieck




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