Meaning & use

Infrequent

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Not occurring often; rare.

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Buses to the village are infrequent, running only twice a day.

His visits home became increasingly infrequent after he moved abroad.

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Formed by adding the negative prefix 'in-' to 'frequent'.

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rareoccasionalsporadic

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