Definition of infrequent
1 : seldom happening or occurring : rare
2 : placed or occurring at wide intervals in space or time a slope dotted with infrequent pines infrequent visits
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Examples of infrequent in a Sentence
We made infrequent stops along the way.
a shut-in who made infrequent trips to the store
Recent Examples of infrequent from the Web
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But, over the last few weeks, those briefings have been much more infrequent, and cameras have generally been barred.
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The sadness, outrage and scandal that shook Penn State University six years ago still reverberates today, although on a lesser and more infrequent scale, like fading tremors that follow a seismic shock.
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Right Side streams White House news briefings using publicly available government footage, but on-camera question-and-answer sessions have become infrequent.
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Okogie was an infrequent three-point shooter as a freshman, taking 1.9 attempts per game (and making 37.1% of them), but seems likely to ramp up his long-range volume (and most likely, his overall scoring efficiency) as a sophomore.
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Successful budgeters avoid adding debt by accounting for infrequent expenses, such as car registration fees, as well as times of the year when expenses run high, like the holidays, Lamb says.
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Gas stations were closed, the infrequent public buses dangerously overcrowded, most storefronts shuttered.
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In Phoenix, temperatures around 118 are infrequent enough that airlines continue to use regional jets for shorter trips.
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Lead problems are infrequent in California, which has newer water infrastructure and less corrosive water than other parts of the nation.
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Origin and Etymology of infrequent
Latin infrequent-, infrequens, from in- + frequent-, frequens frequent
Synonym Discussion of infrequent
INFREQUENT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of infrequent for English Language Learners
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: not happening often : not frequent
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