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rare
adjective as in exceptional, infrequent
Strongest matches
extraordinary, limited, occasional, scarce, singular, strange, subtle, uncommon, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual
Weak matches
attenuate, attenuated, deficient, few, few and far between, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, out of the ordinary, rarefied, recherché, scanty, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, short, sparse, sporadic, subtile, tenuous, thin, unfrequent, unheard of, unimaginable, unwonted
adjective as in precious, excellent
adjective as in not fully cooked
Weak matches
bloody, half-cooked, half-raw, moderately done, nearly raw, not done, rarely done, red, undercooked, underdone
Example Sentences
Suddenly the normally rare, top-of-the-line down is popping up all at brands that have never carried it.
Since then, some vaccines have been associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, but it’s rare.
On rare occasions, vaccines can elicit the same sort of immunological misfiring.
Overall, serious side effects from vaccines already approved by the FDA are rare.
In fact, many SEOs generally agree that it is rare to see a full recovery from a Google core update without Google running another Google core update.
Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.
Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.
It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.
The problem, though, is that this advice presumes that death threats are rare and abnormal.
By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.
It has only been a rare and exceptional class hitherto that has gone on learning throughout life.
And the absence of paper and so forth, rendering notebooks costly and rare, made a large amount of memorizing necessary.
Flowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.
Father, mother, sister, and brother all played and worked together with rare combination of sympathetic gifts.
Wheat gives place to Rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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