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At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

What is telling is that his uncommonness is not marshaled on the show to help comedy’s commoners.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2014

Unfortunately, its very rarity and uncommonness cause it to be counterfeited and imitated by unprincipled persons.

From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker

He said he had been roused by a sound, whose power of disturbing him arose, not from its loudness, but from its uncommonness.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

"What's the uncommonness?" said Mrs. Thorn, addressing herself rather to Mr. Rossitur as she saw Mr. Carleton's averted eye; "Is she handsome, Mr. Rossitur?"

From Queechy, Volume I by Warner, Susan