not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; uncommon birds; frost and floods are uncommon during these months; doing an uncommon amount of business; an uncommon liking for money; he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability'

marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; what is so rare as a day in June-J.R.Lowell; a rare skill; an uncommon sense of humor; she was kind to an uncommon degree

[ Syn: rare ]