infrequently

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US/ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/

adverb

Not frequently.

Less commonScrabble 27

Meanings

adverbinfrequently (comparative more infrequently, superlative most infrequently)

comparative more infrequently · superlative most infrequently · alternative dated nonstandard unfrequently

  1. Not frequently.
    1 more example

    “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.

    2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN

    Synonyms: seldom, rarely, seldom, scarcely, seldomly, uncommonly, unoften

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbnot many times

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian рядко
  • рядко (rjadko)not frequently
Danish ualmindelig, sjælden
  • ualmindelignot frequently
  • sjældennot frequently
Esperanto malofte
  • maloftenot frequently
Finnish harvoin, harvakseltaan
  • harvoinnot frequently
  • harvakseltaannot frequently
  • harvakseennot frequently
German unregelmäßig
  • unregelmäßignot frequently
Latin infrequenter
  • infrequenternot frequently
Romanian rar
  • rarnot frequently
Russian неча́сто, ре́дко
  • неча́сто (nečásto)not frequently
  • ре́дко (rédko)not frequently
Spanish infrecuentemente, poco frecuentemente
  • infrecuentementenot frequently
  • poco frecuentementenot frequently
Ukrainian неча́сто
  • неча́сто (nečásto)not frequently
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APA

infrequently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently

MLA

“infrequently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infrequently,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently.

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