How do you pronounce "unoften"?

Pronounced //(ˌ)ʌnˈɒf(t)ən//.

Unoften

Q: What is a synonym for "unoften"?

Common synonyms include: hardly, infrequently, little, once in a blue moon, once in a purple moon, rarely.

//(ˌ)ʌnˈɒf(t)ən// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1
Not often; rarely, seldom.
"[B]evvare of Paſſion, as the moſt Capital enemy to the Crovvn and Empire of Reaſon: for thoſe Sons of Thunder […] if vve mark the Cataſtrophe of their turbulent lives vve ſhall find them concluded in a tempeſt, and not unoften like the Phœnix expire in a funerall pile themeſelves had kindled."

Synonyms

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hardly infrequently little once in a blue moon once in a purple moon rarely

Antonyms

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often

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"[B]evvare of Paſſion, as the moſt Capital enemy to the Crovvn and Empire of Reaſon: for thoſe Sons of Thunder […] if vve mark the Cataſtrophe of their turbulent lives vve ſhall find them concluded in a tempeſt, and not unoften like the Phœnix expire in a funerall pile themeſelves had kindled."

Etymology

PIE word *upó From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + often.

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