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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
George Washington Carver

Meaning of "uncommon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCOMMON

uncommon  [ʌnˈkɒmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCOMMON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uncommon can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNCOMMON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Common

Common may refer to: ▪ Common , American hip-hop artist, actor and poet ▪ Common, a British Thoroughbred racehorse ▪ Common land, land which other people have certain traditional rights such as grazing livestock or collecting firewood ▪ Common language, also known as Lingua franca, a language shared by speakers of different mother tongues ▪ Common, a part of certain Christian liturgy ▪ COMMON, a Fortran statement ▪ COMMON, the largest association of users of mid-range IBM computers ▪ Common, translation of tum'ah, a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible ▪ Commoner, someone does not hold a title of peerage ▪ Dol Common, a character in The Alchemist by Ben Jonson ▪ The Common, a nickname of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ▪ Town common ▪ Vernacular, the common but not scientific name of a plant or animal...

Definition of uncommon in the English dictionary

The definition of uncommon in the dictionary is outside or beyond normal experience, conditions, etc; unusual. Other definition of uncommon is in excess of what is normal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCOMMON


batman
ˈbætmən
Bremen
ˈbreɪmən
cayman
ˈkeɪmən
chairman
ˈtʃɛəmən
Coleman
ˈkəʊlmən
common
ˈkɒmən
demon
ˈdiːmən
discommon
dɪsˈkɒmən
dromon
ˈdrɒmən
freeman
ˈfriːmən
german
ˈdʒɜːmən
Hoffman
ˈhɒfmən
human
ˈhjuːmən
lemon
ˈlɛmən
roman
ˈrəʊmən
Roscommon
rɒsˈkɒmən
Simon
ˈsaɪmən
Solomon
ˈsɒləmən
woman
ˈwʊmən
Yemen
ˈjɛmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCOMMON

uncomfortable
uncomfortableness
uncomfortably
uncomforted
uncomic
uncommendable
uncommendably
uncommended
uncommercial
uncommitted
uncommonly
uncommonness
uncommunicable
uncommunicated
uncommunicative
uncommunicatively
uncommunicativeness
uncommuted
uncompacted
uncompanied

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCOMMON

Ammon
backgammon
gammon
Greenham Common
in common
Japanese persimmon
mammon
persimmon
psammon
Rabbath Ammon
resummon
summon
tenant in common

Synonyms and antonyms of uncommon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNCOMMON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «uncommon» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of uncommon

Translation of «uncommon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCOMMON

Find out the translation of uncommon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of uncommon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uncommon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不常发生的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco común
570 millions of speakers

English

uncommon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असामान्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المألوف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

редкость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incomum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rare
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungewöhnlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

珍しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보기 드문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phổ biến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசாதாரணமானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असामान्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nadir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezbyt często
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рідкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai puțin frecvente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασυνήθιστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongewoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mindre vanliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uvanlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uncommon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCOMMON»

The term «uncommon» is very widely used and occupies the 13.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCOMMON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uncommon

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNCOMMON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word uncommon.
1
Jeff Abbott
It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.
2
Joseph Addison
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
3
Norman Angell
The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.
4
Steve Aoki
It's a really diverse time in music, with all these different DJs and all these different categories, and we are all taking footnotes from everyone else. There are no real genre boundaries anymore; you can take a trance idea and put it into a trap record - it's not that uncommon.
5
Evan Bayh
You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.
6
Kevin Bleyer
To be sure, the hard-to-come-by interview - the 'get' - isn't an uncommon phenomenon here at 'The Daily Show.' We've had high-profile dignitaries, low-profile indignitaries, stars you've heard of, authors you should have read.
7
Joe Bob Briggs
In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions.
8
George Washington Carver
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
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George Washington Carver
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
10
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCOMMON»

Discover the use of uncommon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uncommon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance
In the New York Times best seller Uncommon, Dungy reveals secrets to achieving significance that he has learned from his remarkable parents, his athletic and coaching career, his mentors, and his walk with God.
Tony Dungy, 2011
2
Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the ...
Offers an organizational design model for service organizations, covering such topics as funding mechanisms, employee management systems, and customer management systems.
Frances Frei, Anne Morriss, 2012
3
Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases: Expert Consult - Online ...
Avoid complications with unique coverage of an important aspect of anesthetic management. Get outstanding visual guidance with hundreds of illustrations, now in full color. Understand uncommon diseases to avoid anesthetic complications!
‎2012
4
Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense: Why some organisations ...
This is a book for managers who know that their organisations are stuck in a mindset that thrives on fashionable business theories that are no more than folk wisdom, and whose so-called strategies that are little more than banal wish lists ...
Jules Goddard, Tony Eccles, 2012
5
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It ...
Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks.
Mark Pendergrast, 2010
6
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Gathers the investment philosophies of Philip A. Fisher, a securities analyst who founded an investment counseling business
Philip A. Fisher, 1996
7
Uncommon Cultures: Popular Culture and Post-Modernism
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Jim Collins, 2013
8
Uncommon Knowledge
The illegitimate daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young describes her shock upon learning about her true parentage after believing for thirty years that she was Young's adopted daughter. Reprint.
Judy Lewis, 1995
9
Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
This indispensable volume makes a bold start on that project attacking it with imagination, insight, originality, and wit.
William Cronon, 1996
10
Uncommon Ground: Architecture, Technology, and Topography
How building and site, technology and topography, interact to create successful buildings and resolve theoretical issues in practice.
David Leatherbarrow, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCOMMON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uncommon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kids and Cars: Back-over accidents not uncommon
According to Rollins, it's not uncommon, and often the accident is a result of what's called the “bye-bye” syndrome. Rollins demonstrated how easy it can happen ... «KSHB, Jul 15»
2
TxDOT: Road breakages not uncommon
TxDOT officials say recent road breakages aren't uncommon. In fact, they're a sign of aging, wear and tear, and extreme weather. "So you have these concrete ... «KXII-TV, Jul 15»
3
From Belafonte to the blues: Guy Davis' uncommon life
This May 2015 photo released by Joseph A. Rosen shows blues musician Guy Davis. This down-to-earth bluesman wears the larger-than-life mantle of his late ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
4
Uncommon Knowledge: Tom Cotton on Nuclear Weapons in Iran
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) discusses what could happen if Iran gets nuclear capability, and what the next president might do, in this clip from Uncommon ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
Plan Commission approves 'Uncommon' apartment plans for North …
Uncommon, the proposed apartment structure, will replace an old corrugated boxes warehouse on the corner of West Mifflin Street and North Bedford Street. «Madison.com, Mar 15»
6
Two legislators recognized with 'Uncommon Public Service' award
The longest serving member of the Iowa legislature has won the Herbert Hoover “Uncommon Public Service” Award for 2015. Eighty-one-year-old Wally Horn of ... «Radio Iowa, Mar 15»
7
Uncommon Knowledge: James Mattis Describes Afghanistan Reality
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis describes the reality of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, in this clip from Uncommon Knowledge. «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
8
Rob da Bank announces new bands for Common People's …
... (creating Common People for its inaugural event in Southampton, this May) has confirmed a bunch of new bands to play the fest's Uncommon People stage. «DIY Magazine, Mar 15»
9
New Texts Out Now: Anthony Downey, Uncommon Grounds: New …
This concern resulted in the volume of essays Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practices in North Africa and the Middle East, published with I.B. ... «Jadaliyya, Mar 15»
10
Sharp Decrease In ND Small Farms Not Uncommon, Farmers Say
Darin Jantzi, the state statistician for USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service in Fargo, said the decline in small farm numbers isn't uncommon. «CBS Local, Feb 15»

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