Definition of "uncommon" []

• Not common; rare. (adjective)
• Wonderful; remarkable. (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.

• ""Now, this is what I call uncommon jolly," said Captain Bunting, sitting down on his saddle before the cheerful blaze, rubbing his hands, and gazing round, with a smile of the utmost benignity on his broad, hairy countenance."
• ""That right there is what we call uncommon valor," Myer said."
• "Not uncommon from the ideologically interested pews of academe."