Not usual
Uncommon
Uncommon adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Not usual and uncommon are semantically related. You can use "Not usual" instead an adjective "Uncommon".
Nearby Word: uncommonly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rare and not usual
- rare and uncommon
- notable and not usual
- notable and uncommon
- special and not usual
- special and uncommon
- exceptional and not usual
- exceptional and uncommon
- wonderful and not usual
- wonderful and uncommon
- remarkable and not usual
- remarkable and uncommon
- extraordinary and not usual
- extraordinary and uncommon
Both terms in one sentence
- It's not usual for the characters in Uncommon Animals make jokes in dark moments, but the first story, The Hunted, goes from Mina and Jennelle drooling over the 'delivery boy' to Mina being terrified of him in the space a sentence.
Source: Mood Whiplash / Literature
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