Meaning & use
rare
Not occurring or found often; uncommon.
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A total solar eclipse visible from this city is a genuinely rare event.
The collector paid a fortune for a rare first-edition copy of the novel.
A note on using this word
Rare can also describe meat cooked only briefly, leaving the center red, a distinct sense unrelated to scarcity.
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