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sparse
(spärs)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.]
sparse′ly adv.
sparse′ness, spar′si·ty (spär′sĭ-tē) n.
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sparse
(spɑːs)adj
scattered or scanty; not dense
[C18: from Latin sparsus, from spargere to scatter]
ˈsparsely adv
ˈsparseness, ˈsparsity n
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sparse
(spärs),
adj. spars•er, spars•est.
1. thinly scattered or distributed; not thick or dense.
2. scanty; meager.
[1715–25; < Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere to scatter, sparge]
sparse′ly, adv.
sparse′ness, spar′si•ty, n.
syn: See scanty.
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Adj. | 1. | sparse - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up |
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sparse
adjective scattered, scarce, meagre, sporadic, few and far between, scanty Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation.
thick, lavish, dense, lush, plentiful, luxuriant, crowded, numerous
thick, lavish, dense, lush, plentiful, luxuriant, crowded, numerous
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sparse
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Translations
مُتَفَرِّق، مُتَناثِر
řídký
sparsom
dreifîur, strjáll
retstrūcīgs
sparse
[spɑːs] ADJ (sparser (compar) (sparsest (superl))) (= thin) → escaso; (= dispersed) → disperso, esparcido; [hair] → ralosparse furnishings → muebles mpl escasos
sparse population → poca densidad f de población
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sparse
[ˈspɑːrs] adj [vegetation, hair, population] → clairsemé(e); [traffic] → peu abondant(e); [resources, information] → épars(e)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sparse
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sparse
[spɑːs] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (vegetation, hair) → rado/a; (population) → scarso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sparse
(spaːs) adjective thinly scattered. sparse vegetation.
ˈsparsely adverbˈsparseness noun
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