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Definition of "infrequent" []

  • Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest. (adjective)
  • Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space: infrequent oases in the desert. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "infrequent" in a sentence
  • "Drinks are also given only in infrequent intervals, often hours apart."
  • "It had been a hard day, for all it had been a "vacation one" (as she termed the infrequent days when there was no sewing or cooking lesson), and Pollyanna was sure that nothing would do her quite so much good as a walk through the green quiet of Pendleton Woods."
  • "It had been a hard day, for all it had been a "vacation one" (as she termed the infrequent days when there was no sewing or cooking lesson), and"