infrequent

See also: infréquent and infreqüent

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ frequent.

Adjective

infrequent (comparative more infrequent, superlative most infrequent)

1. Not frequent; not happening frequently.
   • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 650-651:

     Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.

Synonyms

• scarce, uncommon, unfrequent; see also Thesaurus:rare

Derived terms

• infrequency
• infrequently

Translations

Not frequent; not happening frequently

• Bulgarian: рядък (bg) (rjadǎk)
• Catalan: infreqüent
• Czech: vzácný (cs) m, neobvyklý (cs) m, řídký (cs) m
• Esperanto: malofta
• Finnish: harvinainen (fi), harva (fi)
• German: selten (de)
• Irish: ainmhinic
• Italian: infrequente (it), raro (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjelden (no)

  Nynorsk: sjeldan

• Russian: неча́стый (ru) m (nečástyj)
• Spanish: infrecuente (es)