SPARSE
\spˈɑːs], \spˈɑːs], \s_p_ˈɑː_s]\
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Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
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Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
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Thinly scattered; not dense or thick; few and thinly distributed; as, a sparse population; not abundant.
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Sparseness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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