infrequent

Examples

• All

• Her infrequent trips to the countryside reminded her of her childhood.

• A week later, Jed Parmelee made one of his infrequent visits to the camp.

  Fiction book (1994)

• If I had known the proposals would be so infrequent... I would have accepted.

  Baggage Claim (2013)

• Your letters were so infrequent.

  Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

• But it's too infrequent to warrant consideration.

  She's Having a Baby (1988)

• If the wagon had been an infrequent visitor, he was not likely to see it again.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Food vendors seeking approval may experience increased wait times as a result of infrequent committee meetings.

  Academic text (2008)

• At the time of my research, they held infrequent ceremonies that were much less lavish than formerly.

  Academic text (1995)

• And in those days, if you had long hair in this town and you were driving a car, it was such an infrequent occurrence that people would actually wave to each other.

  Zappa (2020)

• He seldom welcomes his infrequent guests.

  Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Synonyms

R

rare

vsinfrequent

582 4.1

Not common and appearing in only a few places

also highlights lack of regular timing rather than only low occurrence

O

occasional

vsinfrequent

285 2.8

Happening now and then but not often

focuses more on being seldom and not repeating quickly

S

sporadic

vsinfrequent

35 7.0

Happening sometimes and in different places

refers to how seldom rather than to location or scattering

I

intermittent

vsinfrequent

35 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

emphasizes low overall frequency rather than regular on and off cycles

I

irregular

vsinfrequent

27 3.5

Happening at no fixed times

focuses more on low frequency than on pattern or timing

F

few and far between

vsinfrequent

• Informal

19 5.5

Very rare and not happening often

is less extreme in rarity and simply means not often

E

episodic

vsinfrequent

3 7.1

Happening only sometimes and not regularly

describes general lack of frequency rather than distinct separate events

A

aperiodic

vsinfrequent

• Specialized

8.2

Does not happen at regular times or repeat a pattern

adds the idea of low occurrence rather than only lacking periodic patterns

N

nonperiodic

vsinfrequent

7.6

Happening at irregular times

includes low frequency as well as absence of repeating cycles

N

noncyclical

vsinfrequent

7.2

Not happening in regular cycles

adds emphasis on not happening often beyond merely lacking cycles

Antonyms

R

regular

870 1.0

Happening at fixed times on a schedule

F

frequent

234 1.0

Happening often or many times

How Often

constant

198 2.5

frequent

234 1.0

regular

870 1.0

infrequent

13 4.5

rare

582 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology