Meaning & Definition of Uncommon in English

1. 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"

2. 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"