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adjective
- 1. thinly dispersed or scattered: "areas of sparse population"
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Sparse means small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with synonyms, related words and phrases, and translations.
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SPARSE meaning: 1. small in numbers or amount, often spread...
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Sparse means of few and scattered elements, especially not thickly grown or settled. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of sparse.
Sparse means small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, synonyms, and translations.
Something that’s sparse is thin, not dense. If you’re looking for the perfect place to build a tree house, a sparse forest is probably not your best bet. From the Latin sparsus, meaning “scattered,” we get the adjective sparse, which means “few and scattered.”.
Sparse definition: thinly scattered or distributed. See examples of SPARSE used in a sentence.
Sparse means small in number or amount and spread out over an area. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and examples of sparse in British and American English.
sparse. adjective. /spɑːs/. /spɑːrs/. (comparative sparser, superlative sparsest) only present in small amounts or numbers and often spread over a large area. the sparse population of the islands. Vegetation becomes sparse higher up the mountains.
