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sparse
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- pronunciation:
- spars
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sparser, sparsest |
| definition: |
If something is sparse, it is thin. The number of the individual things or people that make it up are low. If someone's hair is sparse, their hair is not thick. They have some hairs, but there is a lot of space between them.
Because of the rain, the audience for the outdoor concert was sparse.There used to be a lot of wolves in these forests, but they have become sparse these days.- synonyms:
- thin
- similar words:
- spare
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| related words: |
little, short |
| derivations: |
sparsely (adv.), sparseness (n.), sparsity (n.) |
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