Meanings
comparative more infrequently · superlative most infrequently · alternative dated nonstandard unfrequently
- 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 CNNSynonyms: seldom, rarely, seldom, scarcely, seldomly, uncommonly, unoften
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbnot many times
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently.
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
infrequently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently
“infrequently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infrequently,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrequently.
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