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• infrequent — 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

• Infrequent — 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

• infrequent — 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

• infrequent — [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… …   New thesaurus

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

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

• infrequent — infrequently, adv. /in free kweuhnt/, adj. 1. happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits. 2. not constant, habitual, or regular: an infrequent visitor. 3. not plentiful or many: infrequent opportunities for advancement …   Universalium

• infrequent — adjective Etymology: Latin infrequent , infrequens, from in + frequent , frequens frequent Date: circa 1615 1. seldom happening or occurring ; rare 2. placed or occurring at wide intervals in space or time < a slope scattered with infrequent… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• infrequent — in•fre•quent [[t]ɪnˈfri kwənt[/t]] adj. 1) happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits[/ex] 2) not constant, habitual, or regular: an infrequent visitor[/ex] 3) not plentiful or many: infrequent opportunities for… …   From formal English to slang

• infrequent — /ɪnˈfrikwənt / (say in freekwuhnt) adjective 1. happening or occurring at long intervals or not often: infrequent visits. 2. not constant, habitual, or regular: an infrequent visitor. 3. not plentiful. –infrequently, adverb …  

• infrequent — in|fre|quent [ ın frikwənt ] adjective not happening very often, or not doing something very often: He was an infrequent visitor to the clinic. a relatively infrequent problem ╾ in|fre|quent|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English