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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCOM'MON, a.
1. Not common; not usual; rare; as an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.
2. Not frequent; not often seen or known; as an uncommon production.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [ant: common]
2: 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" [syn: rare, uncommon]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1576 1. not ordinarily encountered ; unusual <an uncommon plant> 2. remarkable, exceptional <a soldier of uncommon courage> Synonyms: see infrequent • uncommonly adverb • uncommonness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 not common; unusual; remarkable. 2 remarkably great etc. (an uncommon fear of spiders). --adv. archaic uncommonly (he was uncommon fat). Derivatives: uncommonly adv. uncommonness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe something as uncommon, you mean that it does not happen often or is not often seen. Cancer of the breast in young women is uncommon... A 15-year lifespan is not uncommon for a dog. = unusual ? common ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. If you describe a quality, usually a good quality, as uncommon, you mean that it is unusually great in degree or amount. (LITERARY) Both are blessed with uncommon ability to fix things... She read Cecelia's last letter with uncommon interest. = unusual ADJ: ADJ n • uncommonly Mary was uncommonly good at tennis. ADV: usu ADV adj/adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Rare, unusual, odd, unwonted, infrequent, strange, queer, singular, remarkable, out of the way, exceptional, extraordinary, noteworthy.

Moby Thesaurus

almost unheard-of, appalling, astonishing, at a premium, breakaway, conspicuous, different, egregious, exceptional, extraordinary, extremely, fabulous, fantastic, few, formidable, in short supply, incredible, infrequent, marked, marvelous, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, novel, occasional, of mark, offbeat, original, out of print, out of season, out of stock, outstanding, rare, rarely, recherche, remarkable, scanty, scarce, seldom, seldom met with, seldom seen, signal, singular, slow, sparse, sporadic, strange, striking, sui generis, superior, uncommonly, uncustomary, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unthinkable, unthought-of, unusual, unusually, unwonted, wonderful