unfrequent

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He might have been somewhat slow of speech, but he was not slow to act whenever it came to a scuffle with poachers, and this last was not an unfrequent occurrence.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

They could worship together, they could eat together, and marriages between Spaniards and the daughters of the native landowners were not unfrequent.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

Passages of this kind are not unfrequent in Stoical writings.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

It is of very rare occurrence in the pine-forests of Scotland, and a still more unfrequent visitor to England.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Among the former Cries of London, those of Elderberries, Dandelion, &c. were not unfrequent, and each had in its turn physicians as well as village doctresses to recommend them.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas