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adjective, spars·er, spars·est.
1.
thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
2.
not thick or dense; thin: sparse hair.
3.
scanty; meager.
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Sparseness
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
sparse
1727, from L. sparsus "scattered," pp. of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE base *(s)pregh- "to jerk, scatter" (cf. Skt. parjanya- "rain, rain god," Avestan fra-sparega "branch, twig," lit. "that which is jerked off a tree," O.N. freknur "freckles," Swed. dial. sprygg "brisk, active," Lith. sprogti
EXPAND"shoot, bud," O.Ir. arg "a drop").
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