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形容詞

unfrequent (comparative more unfrequent, superlative most unfrequent)

1. (now rare) Not frequent; not common; not happening often; infrequent.
   • 1827, George Tucker, A Voyage to the Moon‎:

     He was labouring under a pleurisy, which is not unfrequent in the mountainous region, at this season.

   • 1916, Fedor Jagor, Tomas de Comyn, Chas. Wilkes, Rudolf Virchow., The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes‎:

     It was no unfrequent event, however, for vessels to be lost.

同意語

• rare, scarce, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare

関連する語

• unfrequency

語源 2

From un- (reversive prefix) +‎ frequent.

動詞

unfrequent (third-person singular simple present unfrequents, present participle unfrequenting, simple past and past participle unfrequented)

1. (transitive) To stop frequenting; cease to frequent.