Uncommon - English meaning

adjective

Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.

Usage examples:

The illness is recognizable from the patient's abnormal behaviour

adjective

Not usual or average

Usage examples:

We had an abnormal amount of snow., he has an abnormal heartbeat., [ c ] no abnormalities showed up…

adjective

Not representative of a type, group, or class.

Usage examples:

A sample of people who are rather atypical of the target audience

adjective

Not typical; different from most others of its type

Usage examples:

This game is very atypical of how we played this year.

adjective

Eager to know or learn something.

Usage examples:

I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom

adjective

Interested in learning about people or things around you

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i’m curious to see what’s going to happen on the political scene., a curious fi…

adjective

Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour.

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Deviant behaviour

noun

A deviant person or thing.

Usage examples:

Killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension

adjective

Differing from the accepted standard

adjective

Very unusual or remarkable.

Usage examples:

The extraordinary plumage of the male

noun

An item in a company's accounts not arising from its normal activities.

Usage examples:

Of the total "army extraordinaries" of £315,917 submitted to the house of commons on february 6, 17…

adjective

Very unusual and special; different in type or greater in degree than the usual or ordinary

Usage examples:

Being chairman gave him an extraordinary sense of power., she was an extraordinary woman, and no on…

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

noun

A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

Usage examples:

The novels of jane austen

adjective

Interestingly new or unusual.

Usage examples:

He hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems

noun

A long, printed story about imaginary characters and events

Usage examples:

Literary/romance novels, a novel idea/suggestion

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Not coinciding with the beat.

Usage examples:

A rapid tempo is essential here, otherwise we will not sense the offbeat hemiolas

noun

Any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.

Usage examples:

The horns come in full-force on the offbeats

phrase

(of a place) remote or secluded.

Usage examples:

We're too out of the way for mains electricity

phrase

Dealt with or finished.

Usage examples:

Economic recovery will begin once the election is out of the way

phrase

Unusual, exceptional, or remarkable.

Usage examples:

He'd seen nothing out of the way

adjective

Looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar.

Usage examples:

Outlandish, brightly coloured clothes

adjective

Strange and unusual

Usage examples:

She liked to dress in outlandish clothes.

adjective

(of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often.

Usage examples:

A rare genetic disorder

adjective

(of meat, especially beef) lightly cooked, so that the inside is still red.

Usage examples:

Rare roast beef

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

Usage examples:

Children have some strange ideas

adjective

Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

His unconventional approach to life

adjective

Not according to custom or the usual or habitual practice; unusual.

Usage examples:

His uncustomary silence on the issue

adjective

Not usual or typical for a particular person or in a particular situation

Usage examples:

He approached her about the problem with uncustomary patience and delicacy., the police held no new…

adjective

Not expected or regarded as likely to happen.

Usage examples:

His death was totally unexpected

adjective

Not expected; surprising

Usage examples:

What an unexpected treat to meet you here!

adjective

Not known or recognized.

Usage examples:

He felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces

adjective

Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.

Usage examples:

It was unusual for dennis to be late

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

I was actually on time, which is unusual for me.