uncommon
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(a) not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
- uncommon birds
- frost and floods are uncommon during these months
- doing an uncommon amount of business
- an uncommon liking for money
- he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability
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(s) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
- a rare skill
- an uncommon sense of humor
- she was kind to an uncommon degree