Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infrequently

/ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-fre-quent-ly
IPA: /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Not frequently.

Example Sentences

"“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads."

Etymology

From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/

Inflected Forms

more infrequently (comparative) most infrequently (superlative) unfrequently (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

seldom rarely infrequently scarcely seldomly uncommonly unoften

Antonyms

frequently often

Rhymes With

frequently

Questions

How do you pronounce infrequently?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/.
What does infrequently mean?: Not frequently.
Where does infrequently come from?: From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently.

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