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Definition of Sparse
1. Adjective. Not dense. "Trees were sparse"
Definition of Sparse
1. a. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
2. v. t. To scatter; to disperse.
Definition of Sparse
1. Adjective. Having widely spaced intervals. ¹
2. Adjective. Not dense; meager. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sparse
1. thinly distributed [adj SPARSER, SPARSEST] : SPARSELY [adv]
Medical Definition of Sparse
1.
1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparse
Literary usage of Sparse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1865)
"Head scarcely narrower than the thorax ; front even, with sparse dispersed ...
Abdomen above somewhat glabrous, beneath with long sparse white pubescence; ..."
2. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Wings narrower, the stems of the fork-cells longer, the vestiture sparse.
Abdomen long, slender, depressed, without median dorsal stripe, the dark scales ..."
3. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"Indians, it is true, were both plentiful and ferocious; but rifles were not
sparse, and men to sight them were generally to the fore when wanted. ..."
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