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Unfrequent vs Unfrequency - What's the difference?

unfrequent | unfrequency |

As an adjective unfrequent

is not frequent; not common; not happening often; infrequent.

As a verb unfrequent

is to stop frequenting; cease to frequent.

As a noun unfrequency is

the state of being unfrequent; infrequency.

unfrequent

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not frequent; not common; not happening often; infrequent.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1827, author=George Tucker, title=A Voyage to the Moon, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was labouring under a pleurisy, which is not unfrequent in the mountainous region, at this season. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1916, author=Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow., title=The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It was no unfrequent event, however, for vessels to be lost. }}
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    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stop frequenting; cease to frequent.

    • unfrequency

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being unfrequent; infrequency.
    • (Webster 1913)