unoften

== English == === Etymology === From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) +‎ often. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒf(t)ən/ (General American) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈɔf(t)ən/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈɑf(t)ən/ Rhymes: -ɒfən, -ɒftən Hyphenation: un‧oft‧en === Adverb === unoften (comparative more unoften, superlative most unoften) (literary except India) Not often; rarely, seldom. Synonyms: (literary) unseldom; see also Thesaurus:rarely ==== Usage notes ==== Almost exclusively used in the phrase not unoften, an example of litotes. ==== Translations ==== === References ===