rarer

Adjective (1)

rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)

1. Very uncommon; scarce.
   • Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.

   Synonyms:

   scarce, selcouth, seld, selly, geason, uncommon

   Antonyms:

   common, frequent, average, basic, bog-standard, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck, common as pig tracks, dime a dozen

2. Small in number (but not unusual); infrequent; sparse.
   • The anterior and posterior skin of the upper chest and shoulders demonstrated irregularly jagged borders with areas of soot and charring focally. The soft and bony tissues underlying the borders were markedly damaged by presumed explosive injuries. There were rare abrasions and contusions of the...2016 March, Amanda M McLemore et al., “Suicide by Bomb, with Decapitation”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
3. Thin; of low density.
4. (UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
   • Sees her reflection in a butcher shop.
     She finds it all quite rare
     That her meat's all vanity fair.1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song)
5. (US, slang) Cool; excellent.
   • I whistled for a cab and when it came near / The license plate said ‘fresh’ and it had dice in the mirror. / If anything I could say that this cab was rare.1990, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV show theme song)

Adjective (2)

rare (comparative rarer or more rare, superlative rarest or most rare)

1. Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
   • Then Curds and Cream, the Flow'r of Country Fare, / And new-laid Eggs, which Baucis’ buſie Care / Turn’d by a gentle Fire, and roaſted rare.1717, John Dryden, “Book VIII. [The Story of Baucis and Philemon.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 285

   Antonyms:

   well done

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