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Definition
not dense; or few in number and spread out- Trees are sparse in that region.
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
- 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
- He found the tiny thorny plants that grew sparsely there, the only things that grew now.David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness
- The country was new and sparsely settled.Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- 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
- 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
- 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
sparse = not dense (thinning)
sparse = not dense
sparsely = in a manner where there are few and they are spread out
sparsely = in a manner that is not dense (where there are few people and they are spread out over a wide area)
sparsely = in a manner that is not dense or is few in number
sparse = not dense; or few in number
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