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rare
adjective as in exceptional, infrequent
Strongest matches
extraordinary, limited, occasional, scarce, singular, strange, subtle, uncommon, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual
Weak matches
attenuate, attenuated, deficient, few, few and far between, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, out of the ordinary, rarefied, recherché, scanty, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, short, sparse, sporadic, subtile, tenuous, thin, unfrequent, unheard of, unimaginable, unwonted
adjective as in precious, excellent
adjective as in not fully cooked
Weak matches
bloody, half-cooked, half-raw, moderately done, nearly raw, not done, rarely done, red, undercooked, underdone
Example Sentences
“Red Chamber” proved successful enough for a rare revival in 2022, but it never became the kind of sensation that “Monkey” boasts.
Research published in medical journals indicates that myocarditis after a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is rare, although it is more likely to occur in boys within the first week of receiving the second dose.
A rare win in Brisbane is not completely out of the question, however.
But, in practice, such third-country removals were rare, so the person was typically released and allowed to remain in the U.S.
The floods, which were caused by a rare cyclone that had formed over the Malacca Strait, have hit three provinces and impacted some 1.4 million people, according to the government's disaster agency.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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