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rareness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rareness has 1 sense
- rareness(n = noun.attribute) infrequency, rarity - noteworthy scarcity; Array is a kind of scarceness, scarcity
Derived forms adjective rare3, adjective rare2
CIDE DICTIONARY
rareness, n.
The state or quality of being rare. [1913 Webster]
"And let the rareness the small gift commend."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
rareness
Infrequency
N infrequency, rareness, rarity, fewness, seldomness, uncommonness, unfrequent, infrequent, rare, rare as a blue diamond, few, scarce, almost unheard of, unprecedented, which has not occurred within the memory of the ol, not within one's previous experience, not since Adam, scarce as hen's teeth, one in a million, few and far between, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly, not often, not much, infrequently, unfrequently, unoften, scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly ever, once in a blue moon, once, once in a blue moon, once in a million years, once for all, once in a way, pro hac vice, ein mal kein mal.
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