uncommonness
State of scarcity
Uncommonness is the quality of being unusual or rare.
The word appears in contexts where rarity itself is the point: the uncommonness of the disease made diagnosis difficult.
It's a straightforward noun form of uncommon, though infrequent in everyday speech—most people would say "rarity" instead.
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- sparsenessLack of density
- seldomnessState of being infrequent
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
dearth · shortage · limited · sparse · meager · sporadic · intermittent · rarefied
Point where values explode
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- originalityNovel creative quality
individuality · anomaly · irregularity · aberration · atypicality · unconventionality · nonconformity · eccentricity
Old valued collectible
- gemstoneOrnamental cut mineral
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- relicPreserved ancient object
curio · vintage · one-of-a-kind · treasure · masterpiece · ephemera · autograph · memorabilia
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- sparsenessLack of density
- seldomnessState of being infrequent
paucity · dearth · shortage · limited · sparse · meager · sporadic · intermittent · rarefied · scarce
singularity
Point where values explode
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
originality · individuality · anomaly · irregularity · aberration · atypicality · unconventionality · nonconformity · eccentricity · quirk
antique
Old valued collectible
relic · curio · vintage · one-of-a-kind · treasure · masterpiece · ephemera · autograph · memorabilia · numismatic
- rarityrare, scarce, infrequent, scant, few
uncommonnesscommonness
Frequency of occurrence
frequency · prevalence · ubiquity · abundance · pervasiveness
uncommonnesscommonplaceness
State of being ordinary
ordinariness · typicality · everydayness · normalcy · usualness
uncommonnessunremarkableness
Lack of distinction
banality · plainness · mediocrity · nondescriptness · indistinctiveness
common, community, communicate, uncommon, communal, commons, communion, uncommonly, commoner