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[uhn-kom-uhn] / ʌnˈkɒm ən /




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Aggressive behavior initiated by species other than honey bees was uncommon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

While growing up in Palo Alto, it was not uncommon for animator Lisa Hanawalt to pretend she was a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Deadly crowd incidents, including during religious festivals, are not uncommon in India due to poor management and lack of adequate safety precautions.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although exceptionally uncommon, its consequences can be severe, with symptoms that gradually interfere with everyday activities and essential bodily functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

It wasn’t uncommon for people to join a group of travelers, even one that included the emperor himself.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

If this so-called thermodynamic effect were all there was to it, temperatures now considered unusually hot would become more typical and those regarded as uncommonly cold, uncommoner still.

From Economist ● Jul. 28, 2018

I should hope so," said the boy,—"the uncommoner the better.

From The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank Richard Stockton

The commonest thing is quite as strange as the uncommonest, only habit blunts our sense.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Ludwig Tieck


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