infrequency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
infrequency
    n 1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rarity}, {rareness},
         {infrequency}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Infrequence \In*fre"quence\, Infrequency \In*fre"quen*cy\, n.
   [L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence.]
   1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as,
      the infrequence of his visits.
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   2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation;
      retirement; seclusion. [R.]
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            The solitude and infrequency of the place. --Bp.
                                                  Hall.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "infrequency":
      chinchiness, chintziness, exiguity, fewness, meagerness,
      miserliness, niggardliness, paucity, rarity, restrictedness,
      scantiness, scarcity, scrimpiness, skimpiness, smallness,
      sparseness, sparsity, stinginess, stringency, thinness,
      tightness

    

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