infrequency

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Etymology

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From Latin infrequentia (“scantiness”), equivalent to in- +‎ frequency or infrequent +‎ -cy.

Noun

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infrequency (usually uncountable, plural infrequencies)

  1. The characteristic of being infrequent.
    Synonyms: rarity, irregularity, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:rareness
    the infrequency of her visits
  2. The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
    • 1657, Philemon, transl. Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, translation of Moralia by Plutarch:
      […] it was the solitude and infrequency of the place that brought the dragon thither

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