rare
adjectives
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
"a rare word"; "rare books"
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not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
"uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"
recurring only at long intervals
"a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
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not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
"infrequent outbursts of temper"
not widely distributed
"rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
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deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
having low density
"rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
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marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
"what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
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