The phrase "a uncommon uses" is not correct in written English.
It should be "an uncommon use" since "uncommon" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "There are several an uncommon uses for this tool that many people are not aware of."
Alternatives: "rare applications" or "unusual uses".
Inspector George Hannigan, an investigator for the Greenwich, Connecticut, Fire Department, recalls investigating one fire caused by a designer halogen that was used to illuminate the artwork in someone's home — which, as it turns out, is not an uncommon use of the light.
We also ranked their ideas for originality: Common uses received lower scores (using a sock to warm your feet), while uncommon uses received higher scores (using a sock as a water filtration system).
In the AU tasks, participants were required to find as many novel and uncommon uses as possible for a can, a knife, and a hairdryer.
In this article, uncommon uses, designs, and terminology of free and pedicled flaps sought during a literature review are presented.
When we see someplace a feed is referenced or clicked that we don't recognize as a common reference, we highlight it here in the dashboard and on the detailed uncommon uses page.
It is still an uncommon procedure, used when a couple want to avoid having a child with a genetic disease known to be in the family.
Potential criteria containing medications with a low prevalence (i.e. to define uncommon use, a cut-off of less than 0.5% was agreed by the Project Steering Group) were excluded.
14 In our study, we did not find an increase in risk among users of clarithromycin with concomitant use of cytochrome P450 3A inhibiting drugs; this analysis, however, was limited by a small number of cases given the uncommon use of cytochrome P450 3A inhibitors.
But his enthusiastically received speech omitted the gruesome description of terrorist crimes that was the leitmotif of the conference, and made uncommon use of the word "defense".
Transient hyperpigmentation is not uncommon using Q-switched techniques.
