uncommonness

uncommonness
The state or quality of being uncommon.

The uncommonness of the gem is what defines its value.


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  • uncommonness — index paucity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Uncommonness — Uncommon Un*com mon, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. [1913 Webster] Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uncommonness — noun see uncommon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • uncommonness — See uncommonly. * * * …   Universalium

  • uncommonness — n. state of not being common; rareness, unusualness; oddness; originality, uniqueness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • uncommonness — un·com·mon·ness …   English syllables

  • uncommonness — noun 1. extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality • Derivationally related forms: ↑uncommon • Hypernyms: ↑extraordinariness 2. extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered… …   Useful english dictionary

  • uncommon — uncommonness, n. /un kom euhn/, adj., uncommoner, uncommonest. 1. not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word. 2. unusual in amount or degree; above the ordinary: an uncommon amount of mail. 3. exceptional; remarkable. [1540 50; UN 1 + COMMON]… …   Universalium

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  • rarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sparseness Nouns 1. rarity, tenuity, subtlety, thinness, lightness, compressibility; rarefaction, attenuation, dilatation, inflation. See vapor. 2. rareness, scarcity, uncommonness, infrequency,… …   English dictionary for students

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