Vocabulary
Seldom
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
not often; rarely.
Urdu meaning
کبھی کبھار، بہت کم
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- However, such engagements are infrequent and seldom integrated into a broader strategy.
- They lack timely access to the finance bill and are neither empowered nor sufficiently resourced, leading to cursory oversight that seldom challenges or proposes substantial increases in climate allocations.
- Before us stood a system long reliant on inherited methods of policing, seldom given the opportunity or support to transition towards rights-based policing.
- This lack of accountabilitytrickles down to department levels: while PC-1 forms are routinely filled to secure budgetary allocations, PC-5 forms are seldom filled to conduct an actual assessment of the impact of public spending.
- Media speculation is seldom helpful in these matters, and while fingers are being pointed at Boeing, it is more due to the reputation the company has acquired for avoidable reasons than with credible insights into Thursday`s crash.
Synonyms
rarely, infrequently, on rare occasions, hardly ever, scarcely ever, hardly,
Antonyms
often, frequently
Curator example
“Islay is seldom visited by tourists”
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