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Sparse
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| sparseness
| sparsim
| sparsity
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Sparse has 1 sense
- sparse(s = adj.all) thin - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" Derived forms noun sparseness1, noun sparsity1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. [1913 Webster]
Sparse, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to scatter.].
To scatter; to disperse. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sparse, adj. thinly dispersed or scattered; not dense (sparse population; sparse greying hair).
Derivative
sparsely adv. sparseness n. sparsity n.
Etymology
L sparsus past part. of spargere scatter
THESAURUS
Sparse
almost unheard-of, at a premium, broadcast, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, diffuse, discrete, dispersed, dispread, disseminated, dissipated, distributed, exiguous, in short supply, inappreciable, infrequent, insignificant, limited, little, meager, miserly, niggardly, not much, occasional, out of print, out of season, out of stock, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimp, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, spare, sparing, sporadic, spotty, spread, spread out, sprinkled, stingy, straggling, straggly, strewn, strown, thin, tight, uncommon, unfrequent, unique, unusual, widespreadROGET THESAURUS
Sparse
Dispersion
N nonassemblage, dispersion, dispersion, disjunction, divergence, aspersion, scattering, dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution, apportionment, spread, respersion, circumfusion, interspersion, spargefaction, affusion, waifs and estrays, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra waveson, unassembled &c (assemble), dispersed, sparse, dispread, broadcast, sporadic, widespread, epidemic, adrift, stray, disheveled, streaming, sparsim, here and there, passim.
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