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Definition of infrequent in English: infrequentadjective ɪnˈfriːkw(ə)ntɪnˈfrikwənt Not occurring often; rare. 不经常发生的；偶有的；罕见的 her visits were so infrequent 她真是很少来访。 Example sentencesExamples - Rainfall is infrequent and irregular, falling mainly in winter.
- But he wasn't able to do this as his appearances became more and more infrequent in late 2000.
- While the perks were reasonable enough, the infrequent pay was not.
- Think of school buses as public transit for rural areas with each bus doing one long, infrequent route.
- But research has shown that infrequent visitors to pubs would be more likely to drop in for a pint if a pub was non-smoking.
- Of course it also got her started on her infrequent ruminations that we need to move so we can have another room.
- It's a breathtakingly infrequent occasion when I top a leaderboard of any kind.
- Firstly, I need to hope that you, my readers, prefer infrequent posts to hourly updates.
- For infrequent visitors, the neighbourhood becomes that much more lived-in and intimate.
- This is an extremely rare event and has only happened on very infrequent occasions since 1945.
- She had not spoken to her parents in years and contact with her sisters was sporadic and infrequent.
- The sky is now a uniform shade of grey and it's raining fairly steadily with just a smattering of a wind at infrequent points.
- Youthful faces at the Masses are becoming more infrequent all the while.
- Our contacts became very infrequent when I ceased to pass through Melbourne on a regular basis.
- But he stressed that problems remained infrequent and concentrated in a few particular areas.
- In the Hebrew Bible, there are infrequent but significant references to God as a creative Mother.
- In addition, infrequent and expensive transportation can make it difficult for patients to get care.
- Low density foam sheets are suitable for light or infrequent traffic.
- My entries have been a bit infrequent of late due to work-related and non-work related stuff.
- Updates between now and Sunday night / Monday morning will be infrequent / nonexistent.
Synonyms rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth unaccustomed, unwonted isolated, scarce, thin on the ground, scattered sporadic, irregular, intermittent, fitful British out of the common North American sometime informal once in a blue moon dated seldom
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'little used, seldom done, uncommon'): from Latin infrequent- from in- 'not' + frequent- 'frequent'. Definition of infrequent in US English: infrequentadjectiveinˈfrēkwəntɪnˈfrikwənt Not occurring often; rare. 不经常发生的；偶有的；罕见的 her visits were so infrequent 她真是很少来访。 Example sentencesExamples - In addition, infrequent and expensive transportation can make it difficult for patients to get care.
- Firstly, I need to hope that you, my readers, prefer infrequent posts to hourly updates.
- Of course it also got her started on her infrequent ruminations that we need to move so we can have another room.
- Rainfall is infrequent and irregular, falling mainly in winter.
- In the Hebrew Bible, there are infrequent but significant references to God as a creative Mother.
- But he stressed that problems remained infrequent and concentrated in a few particular areas.
- The sky is now a uniform shade of grey and it's raining fairly steadily with just a smattering of a wind at infrequent points.
- Low density foam sheets are suitable for light or infrequent traffic.
- Think of school buses as public transit for rural areas with each bus doing one long, infrequent route.
- Our contacts became very infrequent when I ceased to pass through Melbourne on a regular basis.
- But he wasn't able to do this as his appearances became more and more infrequent in late 2000.
- It's a breathtakingly infrequent occasion when I top a leaderboard of any kind.
- She had not spoken to her parents in years and contact with her sisters was sporadic and infrequent.
- While the perks were reasonable enough, the infrequent pay was not.
- This is an extremely rare event and has only happened on very infrequent occasions since 1945.
- My entries have been a bit infrequent of late due to work-related and non-work related stuff.
- Youthful faces at the Masses are becoming more infrequent all the while.
- Updates between now and Sunday night / Monday morning will be infrequent / nonexistent.
- But research has shown that infrequent visitors to pubs would be more likely to drop in for a pint if a pub was non-smoking.
- For infrequent visitors, the neighbourhood becomes that much more lived-in and intimate.
Synonyms rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense ‘little used, seldom done, uncommon’): from Latin infrequent- from in- ‘not’ + frequent- ‘frequent’. |