Native and Rare

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Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

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Rare and native are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rare" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

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Native and rare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Rare".

Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness

It's a rare example of an Eastern character going native amongst Westerners.

Source: Going Native
Even native black South Africans, such as those of Xhosa or Zulu descent, aren't exempt, but these are very rare in fiction and are more likely to show up under Badass Native or Scary Black Man.

Source: Amoral Afrikaner
Leonie points out that there's no verb meaning "to derelict" and Cabal simply replies "there is now." A rare slip-up for Cabal, but justified that he's not a native English speaker.

Source: Malaproper aka: The Malaproper

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