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adjective

Sparse adj. (compar. sparser; superl. sparsest)

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

(Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

verb

Sparse v. t. To scatter; to disperse. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Sparse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... was almost thick here, the ground like a morass, with inches of clayey mud, which stuck to everything, whilst the sparse lanterns, hung to the prison walls and beneath the portico, threw practically no ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... her figure as distinctly as I saw it that instant by the candle flame—her soiled grey wrapper clutched over her flat bosom; her sallow, sharp-featured face, with bluish hollows in the temples over which her sparse hair strayed in locks; her thin, stooping shoulders under the knitted shawl; her sad, flint-coloured eyes, holding always that anxious look as if she were trying to remember some important thing which she had ...

— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow

... transplant them, and I treasure them like gold. One cluster bears light-coloured bloom; another bears dark shades. I sit with head uncovered by the sparse-leaved artemesia hedge, And in their pure and cool fragrance, clasping my knees, I hum my lays. In the whole world, methinks, none see the light as peerless as these flowers. From all I see you have no other friend more intimate ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

... A little red dog with a curly white tail appeared in the light, sniffing at Yourii and Riasantzeff, and rubbing itself against Sanine's knees, who patted its rough coat. It was followed by a little, old man with a sparse beard and small bright eyes. He carried a rusty ...

— Sanine • Michael Artzibashef

... or I ceased to notice it, and seeing a little way before me a bank above the road, and a fine grove of sparse and dominant chestnuts, I climbed up thither and ...

— The Path to Rome • Hilaire Belloc

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