rare
Adjective
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Not widely known;
Especially valued for its uncommonness (synset 300490548)"a rare word"; "rare books"similar to: uncommon - not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind -
Recurring only at long intervals (synset 301071227)
"a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"similar to: infrequent - not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
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Not widely distributed (synset 300017062)
"rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"similar to: scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
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Having low density (synset 302426521)
"rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"similar to: thin - relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
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Marked by an uncommon quality;
Especially superlative or extreme of its kind (synset 301682771)"what is so rare as a day in June"; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"similar to: extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkablesame as: uncommon -
(of meat) cooked a short time;
Still red inside (synset 300622310)"rare roast beef"similar to: raw - not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
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