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sparse
/ ɑː /
adjective
scattered or scanty; not dense
Other Word Forms
- sparsely adverb
- sparsity noun
- sparseness noun
- unsparse adjective
- ˈ貹 adverb
- ˈ貹Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sparse1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Foot traffic was sparse Tuesday morning on South Broadway, a street normally teeming with shoppers and pedestrians.
Moments later, the sparse Hampden crowd cheered ironically when Slicker successfully caught the ball.
No one in the press with access to the president has asked Trump about his sparse number of recent public appearances, and I won’t speculate as to why they’ve occurred without verified facts.
But on the downside, the course is remote and wide open, which made the galleries appear unflatteringly sparse.
Five years ago, AI leases in San Francisco’s commercial real estate market were relatively sparse, with just two leases in 2020, according to JLL.
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