Related Words for few and far between

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rare
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Adjective, Adjective
scarce
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Adjective
spare
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Adjective
nowhere to be found
/x///
Phrase, Adjective
short
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Adjective
scanty
/x
Adjective
scant
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Adjective
not long for this world
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Phrase, Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective
close
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Adjective
elusive
x/x
Adjective
tight
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Adjective
unlikely
x/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
fickle
/x
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
out of sight
///
Phrase, Adjective
strange
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Adjective
scare
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Noun
thin
/
Adjective
poor
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Adjective
lacking
/x
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
perdu
x/
Noun
precious
/x
Adjective
wide of the mark
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
impossible
x/xx
Adjective
pitiful
/xx
Adjective
difficile
/xx
Noun
fugitive
/xx
Noun
measly
/x
Adjective
slight
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Adjective
hard up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
wild
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Adjective
cheap
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Adjective
rough around the edges
/x/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
ironic
x/x
Adjective
outrageous
x/x
Adjective
woeful
/x
Adjective
vague
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Adjective
meagre
/x
Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
abstract
x/
Name
wide
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Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective
invaluable
x/xx
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
strayed
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Verb
crummy
/x
Noun
hard of hearing
///x
Phrase, Adjective
cross
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Noun
slippery
/xx
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
skimpy
/x
Adjective
flaky
/x
Noun
outlandish
x/x
Adjective
skittish
/x
Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective
frail
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Adjective
triste
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Noun
rough
/
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
indigent
/xx
Noun
hapless
/x
Adjective
out of the question
//x/x
Phrase, Adjective
underused
xx/
Adjective
waste
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Noun
underserved
xx/
Adjective
mislaid
x/
Verb
lonely
/x
Adjective
strait
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Noun
unenviable
x/xxx
Adjective
crusty
/x
Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective
freak
/
Noun
obscure
x/
Adjective
abject
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
abstinent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
academically
xx/xx
Adverb
accession
x/x
Noun, Verb
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
advent
/x
Noun, Verb
afield
x/
Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
age
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Noun, Verb
ahead
x/
Adverb
alan
/x
Name
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allen
/x
Name
already
x/x
Adverb
alright
x/
Adverb, Adjective
always
/x
Adverb, Noun
amelia
x/x
Name
amid
x/
Noun
amidst
x/
among
x/
Adverb
amongst
x/
amply
/x
Adverb
anniversary
xx/xx
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
anon
xx
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
any
/x
Adverb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective
appreciably
x/xx
Adverb
are
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Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
ariel
/xx
Name
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrival
x/x
Noun
asset
/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
backflow
/x
Noun, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
balcony
/xx
Noun
bebop
/x
Noun, Verb
becomes
x/
Verb
behest
x/
Noun, Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
ben
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Name, Adverb, Adjective
betwixt
x/
Adjective
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bien
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Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bis
/
Noun, Adverb
bit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
brain
/
Noun, Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
broadly
/x
Adverb
came
/
Noun
canine
/x
Noun, Adjective
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
certainly
/xx
Adverb
clear
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clearly
/x
Adverb
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
completely
x/x
Adverb
comprise
x/
Verb
con
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
connecting
x/x
Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cos
/
Noun
countless
/x
Adjective
couple
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
currently
/xx
Adverb
date
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
decidedly
x/xx
Adverb
deep
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
definitely
/xxx
Adverb
degree
x/
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
distinctly
x/x
Adverb
dozen
/x
Noun
dramatically
x/xx
Adverb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
during
/x
Noun
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
eastern
/x
Adjective
edge
/
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entirely
x/xx
Adverb
entry
/x
Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exactly
x/x
Adverb
extensively
x/xx
Adverb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremely
x/x
Adverb
extremist
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fairly
/x
Adverb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
faraway
/x/
Noun, Adjective
faring
/x
Noun
fern
/
Noun
fetched
/
Verb, Adjective
fewer
/x
Adjective
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
firmly
/x
Adverb
five
/
Noun
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
formed
/
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
friday
/x
Name, Adverb
from
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Adverb
fully
/x
Adverb, Verb
gage
/
Noun, Verb
glass
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Noun, Verb
go
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grand
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Noun, Adjective
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
greatly
/x
Adverb
grinds
/
Noun
handful
/x
Noun
handheld
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Adjective, Noun
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
hardly a
/xx
Phrase
heavily
/xx
Adverb
here
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
heretofore
xx/
Adverb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highly
/x
Adverb
hitherto
/x/
Adverb, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
hon
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Noun, Adjective
immoderate
x/xx
Adjective
in
x
Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incomparably
x/xxx
Adverb
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
infinitely
/xxx
Adverb
infrequent
x/x
Adjective
innumerable
x/xxx
Adjective
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
insignificant
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
insofar
/xx
Adverb
instalment
x/x
Noun
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
inter
x/
Name, Verb
intergovernmental
xxxx/x
Adjective
involving
x/x
Verb
juggling
/xx
Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
lang
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Noun, Adjective
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
largely
/x
Adverb