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Definition

not dense; or few in number and spread out

sparse = not dense; or few in number and spread out

The area is sparsely populated.
a sparse matrix
Oliver was stretched out on the far end of the porch ... his fur sparse and gray with age.
Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach

sparse = not dense (thinning)

She went to a small shabby desk, which was a part of the sparse and colorless equipment of the room.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

sparse = not dense

He found the tiny thorny plants that grew sparsely there, the only things that grew now.
David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness

sparsely = in a manner where there are few and they are spread out

The country was new and sparsely settled.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

sparsely = in a manner that is not dense (where there are few people and they are spread out over a wide area)

The house is sparsely furnished, and although there is evidence of a woman's touch, there is a lack of warmth and vigor.
August Wilson -- The Piano Lesson

sparsely = in a manner that is not dense or is few in number

The leaves were sparse and shriveled, dying for air, and they had a coat of white pesticide dust and exhaust fumes so thick you could smear your hands on the leaves and rub fingerprints with them.
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven

sparse = not dense; or few in number

Old Marrow-Bone even had a bit of sparse and straggly white beard that seemed identical with the whiskers of the old man.
London, Jack -- Before Adam
The vegetation here was sparse and of a weird, colorless nature, though what did grow was wondrous in shape and form.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- Pellucidar
Not more than fifty, thatched with a sparse growth of iron-gray hair, he looked several times the age of Dowsett.
London, Jack -- Burning Daylight
His hair, sparse and unkempt of growth, was as indeterminate and colorless as his complexion.
London, Jack -- Moon-Face and Other Stories
He could see just the roof of Jen's house beyond the sparse line of trees.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
The flowers were sparser.
Richard Adams -- Watership Down
It had a note from him pinned to part of its sparse instrument panel.
Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
One touched him on the shoulder—an old, old man with sparse white stubble and tiny, close-set eyes—and called him by his name.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
I turn and vomit into a sparse bush.
Libba Bray -- A Great and Terrible Beauty
"This is sparse country," she said.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
The back exits need to be as sparsely guarded as possible.
Marie Lu -- Legend

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