infrequent

[ in-free-kwuhnt ]

adjective

1. happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely:

   infrequent visits.

   Synonyms: uncommon, rare, scarce

2. not constant, habitual, or regular:

   an infrequent visitor.

3. not plentiful or many:

   infrequent opportunities for advancement.

   Synonyms: uncommon, rare, scarce

4. far apart in space.

infrequent

/ ɪnˈfriːkwənt /

adjective

1. rarely happening or present; only occasional

Derived Forms

• inˈfrequently, adverb
• inˈfrequency, noun

Other Words From

• in·frequent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of infrequent¹

First recorded in 1525–35, infrequent is from the Latin word infrequent- (stem of infrequēns ). See in- ³, frequent

Example Sentences

The Trump campaign hopes, by turning up the misogyny, they can get a lot of those infrequent male voters to turn out.

From Salon

The Trump campaign hopes, by turning up the misogyny, they can get a lot of those infrequent male voters to turn out.

From Salon

In addition to partisan voters, and those enthusiastic about one candidate or the other, there are those characterized as “swing voters,” “low-information voters,” or simply infrequent voters.

From Salon

It wasn’t long after that biologists were able to collar P-22 to track his movements, and for the next 10 years, he thrilled and sometimes terrified the community with infrequent sightings such as the time he decided to hang out under the crawl space of a family home in Los Feliz in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

But those dispatches were infrequent, mainly because no one was getting paid to do that work.

From Slate

Related Words

• meager
• occasional
• odd
• rare
• sparse
• sporadic
• uncommon