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unoften

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒf(t)ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /(ˌ)ʌnˈɔf(t)ən/
  • cot-caught-merger: /(ˌ)ʌnˈɑf(t)ən/
  • rhymes with -ɒfən
  • rhymes with -ɒftən

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adv

Meaning 1

Not often; rarely, seldom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literary except India

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

PIE word *upó From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + often.