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sparseness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sparseness has 1 sense
- sparseness(n = noun.attribute) spareness, sparsity, thinness - the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness; Array is a kind of exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
Derived form adjective sparse1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sparseness, n.
The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population. [1913 Webster]
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