infrequency

English

Alternative forms

• infrequence (dated)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• uncommonness; see also Thesaurus:rareness