unfrequent
- a word derived from frequent.
Example Sentences
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This bird is not unfrequent in East Anglia, and it is met with now and again along the south coast, and has wandered up the Thames valley.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
She said, “I am a-weary a-weary, I would I were in bed;” which is not an unfrequent wish in some ball rooms.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
A variety of urinary calculus—the uric acid—formed by concretions of this substance in the kidneys is a not unfrequent occurrence in connexion with gout; hence the well-known association of this disease and gravel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
In Ray's time it was not unfrequent on the eastern maritime coasts.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
Passages of this kind are not unfrequent in Stoical writings.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
