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Dictionary: in·fre·quent   (ĭn-frē'kwənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest.
  2. Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space: infrequent oases in the desert.
infrequence in·fre'quence or in·fre'quen·cy n.
infrequently in·fre'quent·ly adv.

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adjective

    Rarely occurring or appearing: occasional, rare, scarce, sporadic, uncommon, unusual. Idioms: few and far between. See usual/unusual.

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adj

Definition: not happening regularly
Antonyms: common, frequent, often, usual


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
  Antonym: frequent (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sjælden, ualmindelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeldzaam, infrequent

Français (French)
adj. - rare, peu fréquent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - selten, spärlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σπάνιος, σποραδικός

Italiano (Italian)
raro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - infreqüente

Русский (Russian)
редкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - poco frecuente, raro, infrecuente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sällsynt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
稀少的, 罕见的, 珍贵的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 稀少的, 罕見的, 珍貴的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 희귀한, 드문

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - めったに起こらない, まれな, 普通でない, 珍しい, めったにない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نادر, غير نظامي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא שכיח, נדיר‬


 
 
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