rare

rare
adj.
VERBS
be, seem
become, get
remain
be considered

19 species of the bird are considered rare.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, incredibly, particularly, surprisingly
increasingly
comparatively, relatively
enough, sufficiently

The stamps were not rare enough to be interesting.

Rare is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑animal, ↑appearance, ↑beast, ↑beef, ↑bird, ↑book, ↑breed, ↑case, ↑chance, ↑class, ↑coin, ↑combination, ↑commodity, ↑complication, ↑condition, ↑delicacy, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑display, ↑distinction, ↑event, ↑example, ↑exception, ↑failure, ↑feat, ↑find, ↑flash, ↑flower, ↑gem, ↑gift, ↑glimpse, ↑honour, ↑illness, ↑individual, ↑infection, ↑insight, ↑instance, ↑kind, ↑lapse, ↑luxury, ↑mammal, ↑manuscript, ↑meat, ↑metal, ↑mineral, ↑moment, ↑mutation, ↑occasion, ↑occurrence, ↑opportunity, ↑phenomenon, ↑plant, ↑privilege, ↑quality, ↑sight, ↑sighting, ↑species, ↑specimen, ↑steak, ↑step, ↑survivor, ↑talent, ↑thing, ↑treasure, ↑treat, ↑trip, ↑variety, ↑vintage, ↑visit, ↑visitor, ↑volume, ↑wildlife

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