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UK
/kˈɒmənnəs/
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NOUN
- sharing of common attributes
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- the state of being that is commonly observed
How To Use commonness In A Sentence
- Hotspur is an uncommon man, whose uncommonness is unsupported by his father at a critical moment. William Shakespeare
- Later, when he left the company to launch his company, the mystique of his name followed (in part due to its uncommonness). Game Designers Gain Notoriety
- Despite the apparent commonness of blonde hair, which accounts for a third of British women, Tobin said only about 3% were naturally blonde.
- To the contrary, it is the uncommonness of such mobilization that draws attention and makes the mobilization effective. American Grace
- Summary: Different Ways Achieve Unity vs Harmony : Recognizing Differences vs Starting from the Commonness.
- The ceremonial inferiority or uncleanness in consumable goods due to "commonness," or in other words to their slight cost of production, has been taken very seriously by many persons. The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
- Commonness will prevail," as De Candolle said in speaking of the graminaceous plants. Amiel's Journal
- Talk about her growing appreciation of the uncommonness of common things. Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos: Questions
- She produced the lunch box, and for once Bess was too ravenously hungry to protest at the "commonness" of it, and they set to at its delicious contents with a will. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves
- It is not the uncommonness of the diction or phrasing but the uncommonness of the sentiment and appropriate expression that accounts for eloquence.