Uncommon \Un*com"mon\, a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- {Un*com"mon*ly}, adv. -- {Un*com"mon*ness}, n.
uncommonness n : extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and uncommon [ant: {commonness}]