infrequent

  • 1infrequent — infrequent, uncommon, scarce, rare, occasional, sporadic are comparable when they mean appearing, happening, or met with so seldom as to attract attention. Something is infrequent which does not occur often, especially within a given period of… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2Infrequent — In*fre quent, a. [L. infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See {In } not, and {Frequent}.] Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual. [1913 Webster] The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. Sir T.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3infréquent — infréquent, ente (in fré kan, kan t ) adj. Qui n a pas lieu fréquemment. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s. •   Gorreus nie aucun medecin de ses quartiers en pouvoir parler, pour estre le mal si infrequent, PARÉ VI, 23. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. infrequens, de in …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 4Infrequent — (v. lat.), 1) selten; 2) unbesucht; daher Infrequenz …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 5infrequent — I adjective atypical, discontinuous, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, few, inconstant, inhabitual, intermittent, irregular, limited, occasional, outstanding, periodic, phenomenal, rare, rarus, scarce, seldom happening, seldom occurring,… …

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  • 6infrequent — 1530s, from L. infrequentem (nom. infrequens) occurring seldom, unusual, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + frequens (see FREQUENT (Cf. frequent)). Related: Infrequently …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7infrequent — [adj] not happening regularly exceptional, few, few and far between*, isolated, limited, meager, occasional, odd, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, stray, uncommon, unusual; concept 530… …

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  • 8infrequent — Infrequent, Infrequens …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 9infrequent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not occurring often; rare. DERIVATIVES infrequency noun infrequently adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10infrequent — [in frē′kwənt] adj. [L infrequens] not frequent; happening seldom or at long intervals; rare; uncommon infrequency n. infrequence infrequently adv …

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