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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infrequent \In*fre"quent\, adjective [L. infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See {In-} not, and {Frequent}.] Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.
The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. --Sir T. Elyot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
infrequent
adjective: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" [ant: {frequent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "infrequent": almost unheard-of, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, exiguous, meager, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, thin, tight, uncommon, unfrequent, unique, unusual
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