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Definition
not dense; or few in number and spread out
- It pained David that his memories of Paul at this age were so sparse, so fleeting.p. 310.1
- But we haven't got the resources," said another man, thin, with sparse graying hair.p. 162.3
- The hillsides steepened and streams cascaded down and the houses grew steadily sparser, poorer.p. 263.3
- Caroline had pressed the phone to her ear, something sinking deeply and darkly through her at this news, studying the sparse remaining leaves of the sycamore trees as they fluttered in the cold morning light.p. 342.6
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