infrequently

English

Alternative forms

• unfrequently (dated, now nonstandard)

Etymology

From infrequent +‎ -ly or in- +‎ frequently.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

infrequently (comparative more infrequently, superlative most infrequently)

1. Not frequently.

   Synonyms: seldom; see also Thesaurus:rarely

   • 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “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.

Antonyms

• frequently
• often

Translations

not frequently — see also seldom,‎ rarely

• Armenian: հազվադեպ (hy) (hazvadep)
• Bulgarian: рядко (bg) (rjadko)
• Danish: ualmindelig (da), sjælden (da)
• Esperanto: malofte
• Finnish: harvoin (fi), harvakseltaan (fi), harvakseen
• German: unregelmäßig (de)
• Latin: infrequenter
• Romanian: rar (ro)
• Russian: неча́сто (ru) (nečásto), ре́дко (ru) (rédko)
• Slovene: rédko (sl)
• Spanish: infrecuentemente, poco frecuentemente
• Ukrainian: неча́сто (nečásto)