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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
• s  marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
  an uncommon sense of humor
  she was kind to an uncommon degree

• Nor is it uncommon to hear Sakhaliners muttering darkly about how unwanted migrants have brought crime and disease, and have driven down the wages of native workers.
• This may sound like a common predicament, but Yates gives it uncommon force.
• If true, that added a rather uncommon name to the statistical mix.

• rare

• common

News & Articles

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• Diagnosing migraines in children
  It's not uncommon for children to complain of simple headaches, which can be treated at home with over-the-counter pain killers. However, one family practitioner said migraines are the most common complaint. For this edition of "Child Wellness," YNN's Marcie Fraser has more.
  June 12, 2013 - YNN Austin
• Gazette.Net: Takoma sculptures cater to eyes and butts
  It’s not uncommon to come across a warning in most museums: Do not touch! Loud alarms and whirring lights await your misjudged decision to disobey. In Takoma Park , however, the artists of a recently released sculpture series not only want you to touch the art — they are inviting you to sit on it.
  June 12, 2013 - Burtonsville Gazette
• How to create a bootable Windows 8 recovery tool
  Reader Larry wrote me regarding his new Asus machine, which came without any kind of recovery disks (which would be used to restore Windows in the event of a major system meltdown). That's not uncommon these days. Even on systems that have optical drives (which are increasingly rare), computer vendors opt to save money by skipping the Windows restore/recover disks that were once common ...
  June 12, 2013 - PC World

Quotes

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• Mark Mangino in University Daily Kansan
  You lose a few games in a row those type of things surface,Mangino said. "It's not uncommon. I don't take it lightly, but I'm focused on Texas and I'm very comfortable the way we manage and run the football program here."
• Scott Stanzel in USA Today
  It was a rash,Stanzel said. "It's not uncommon for the president to have tick bites when he's out biking."
• Ed Wade in International Herald Tribune
  From what I understand, it's not an uncommon condition and it's not an uncommon procedure he's going to go through,general manager Ed Wade said in Kissimmee, Fla. "Other than travel time back and forth between here and Houston, we don't...