Rain is an infrequent occurrence in this part of the country.
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Infrequent
Synonyms for "infrequent" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- рядък adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Catalan
1 entries- infreqüent adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Czech
3 entries- neobvyklý adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- vzácný adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- řídký adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Esperanto
1 entries- malofta adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Finnish
2 entries- harva adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- harvinainen adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
German
1 entries- selten adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Hindi
1 entries- विरल adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Irish
1 entries- ainmhinic adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Italian
2 entries- infrequente adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- raro adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sjelden adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sjeldan adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Russian
1 entries- неча́стый adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Spanish
3 entries- infrecuente adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- nada frecuente adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
- poco frecuente adj (Not frequent; not happening frequently)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Mr. Sherlock Holmes who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he stayed up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
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The weather service says the widespread chill is the result of a relatively infrequent alignment of weather conditions, allowing the Arctic polar vortex to travel unusually far to the south.
Source: tatoeba (12029269)
Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.
Source: wiktionary
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