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Rareness

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rare 1  (râr)
adj. rar·er, rar·est
1. Infrequently occurring; uncommon: a rare event; a plant that is rare in this region.
2. Excellent; extraordinary: a rare sense of honor.
3. Thin in density: rarefied: rare air.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rrus.]
rareness n.
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Noun1.Rarenessrareness - noteworthy scarcity
infrequency, rarity
scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount
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As without the which men can no better live than without fire and water; whereas to gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack, if that the folly of men had not set it in higher estimation for the rareness sake.
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This letter interest me deeply, because the chief difficulty in the study of catalepsy is the rareness of the disease.
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