Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
infrequency .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness.
- noun rare The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
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- noun Dated form of
infrequency .
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Examples
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We stated that, in our view, the infrequence of offensive remarks such as "kaffir" does not justify the ahistorical assertion made by the editor of the Sunday Times that racism has now become atypical.
ANC Today 2007
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We stated that, in our view, the infrequence of offensive remarks such as
ANC Today 2007
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Sud., the swamp white oak, are infrequent trees occurring along streams in many parts of the State, but on account of their infrequence, are of little economic importance in North Carolina.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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There are five other species of Magnolia occurring in the State, but they are, from their infrequence or small size, of no economic importance here.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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More scantly, and with growing infrequence, there are scenes of a natural gospel of redemption and salvation, -- Hetty reached in her misery by the Christian love of Dinah,
The Chief End of Man George Spring Merriam 1878
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Lord Provost, "said royalty, its head again stationed at the window, surveying with solemn curiosity an egg-shaped stone of the boulder sort, which, sure enough, was of a remarkable bigness, though not of that rarity or infrequence that should have drawn forth the wonder of a king.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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