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Dictionary: sparse   (spärs) pronunciation
 
adj., spars·er, spars·est.

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

[Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere, to scatter.]

sparsely sparse'ly adv.
sparseness sparse'ness or spar'si·ty (spär'sĭ-tē) n.
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adjective

    Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, stingy, thin. Slang measly. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

 
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Definition: very few and scattered
Antonyms: abundant, full, lush, plentiful


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Few and scattered. Also: Not thickly settled.

pronunciation The trees grew more sparse as we got nearer to the sea.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sparsom, spredt, tynd

Nederlands (Dutch)
schaars, verspreid

Français (French)
adj. - clairsemé, rare, maigre, épars, modéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - spärlich, dünn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αραιός, διεσπαρμένος, σποραδικός

Italiano (Italian)
scarso, sparso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escasso (m)

Русский (Russian)
редкий, неплотный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escaso, disperso, diseminado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ont om, sparsam, spridd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
稀疏的, 薄的, 稀稀落落的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 稀疏的, 薄的, 稀稀落落的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성긴, 드문드문한, 빈약한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 疎らな, 薄い, 乏しい, 希薄な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضئيل, متناثر, متفرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דליל, קלוש, לא צפוף‬


 
 
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