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

The Great Bustard was formerly not unfrequent in Britain, but of late years it has become so rare that it is now impossible to describe its habits on the testimony of a living eye-witness.

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

Beautiful walks and snug little nooks are not unfrequent; and there are bright green sheltered coves, like Pleasant Valley, where "all save the spirit of man is divine."

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

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

Another likewise unfrequent but most dangerous accident is the septic infection of the abscess—an occurrence referred to by Olshausen to the diffusion of intestinal gases through the walls of the tumor.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various