how to pronounce uncommon

/ənˈkɑːmən/

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uncommon is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of uncommon in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… riding it's it's not uncommon to see 40 …”

meanings of uncommon

adjective:

Rare; not readily found; unusual.
Remarkable; exceptional.

adverb:

Exceedingly, exceptionally.

uncommon frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word uncommon occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics uncommon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that uncommon can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;