Usually means: Scarce, seldom occurring or found.
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  1. few and far between: Merriam-Webster
  2. few and far between: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. few and far between: Collins English Dictionary
  4. few and far between: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. few and far between: Wiktionary
  6. few and far between: Dictionary.com
  7. Few and Far Between: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. few and far between: Legal dictionary

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  1. few and far between: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (few and far between)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Rare and scarce; hard to find.

Similar:
often, far fetched, farfetched, fewe, Faroe, fremd, faroff, Farr, farfet, fugacious, more...

Opposite:
common, abundant, plentiful, numerous

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Similar:
often, far fetched, farfetched, fewe, Faroe, fremd, faroff, Farr, farfet, fugacious, more...

Opposite:
common, abundant, plentiful, numerous



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