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unfrequency

Syllables: un·fre·quen·cy

unfrequency is the obsolete form of infrequency.

Meaning of infrequency

Noun

infrequency (usually uncountable, plural infrequencies)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being infrequent.
    • the infrequency of her visits
  2. (usually) The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
    • […]it was the solitude and infrequency of the place that brought the dragon thither1657, Philemon, transl. Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, translation of Moralia by Plutarch

Origin of unfrequency

From unfrequent + -cy.

Questions about unfrequency

What is unfrequency the obsolete form of?
Unfrequency is the obsolete form of infrequency.

Words near unfrequency in the dictionary

  1. unfreezings
  2. unfreighted
  3. unfrenchified
  4. unfrenetic
  5. unfrenzied
  6. unfrequency
  7. unfrequent
  8. unfrequented
  9. unfrequentedness
  10. unfrequenting
  11. unfrequently

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfrequency (page history and authors); infrequency (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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