infrequency

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The state of not happening often

noun
/ɪnˈfrɛkənsi/

: infrecuencia

He was surprised by the infrequency of thunderstorms in that region.
relative infrequency

So he's worried about the infrequency and also the capriciousness of the way in which the death penalty is imposed.

Examples

Surely, hurricanes had come up the coast before, but with such infrequency that they were not a named phenomenon.

Blog text (9)
Learning to write analytic genres may be particularly challenging for middle-grade students because of the infrequency with which they are tasked with producing these types of texts.

Academic text (2013)
So, we cannot say the Olympics are necessary because of the infrequency of competition.

Blog text (20)
A client described the infrequency of HCV education delivery at his program when he said:

Academic text (2004)
Creating special meals at holidays is admirable but not sufficient, owing to their infrequency.

Academic text (2017)
Perhaps more telling is the infrequency of use of the term human rights in textbooks, curriculum documents, and educational discourse.

Academic text (2004)
One child was also accelerated more than one grade, with poor results due largely to the infrequency of attendance at the higher grade level eroding any chance of effective learning.

Academic text (1997)
Because of our interest in the method, we are disappointed to see the relative infrequency with which teachers use thinking and inquiry tasks that focus on real-world concerns and interests in secondary social studies classes.

Academic text (2004)
The infrequency of the accountant's visits allowed the Abbe to reroute Claude to more exotic, if less lucrative, domains.

Fiction book (1992)
Opportunities to gain an in-depth understanding of vaccination behaviors are hampered by the infrequency of pandemics and the lack of longitudinal data on risk perceptions.

Academic text (2012)