Definition & Meaning of "sparse"in English

sparse

small in amount or number while also unevenly and thinly scattered

thin

shallow

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

sparsest

Comparative

sparser

gradable

Examples

The vegetation on the hillside was sparse, with only a few bushes dotting the landscape.

(of hair) thinly distributed or not thick, with few strands or patches

thin

wispy

Examples

His sparse hair made his scalp visible in several places.

Lexical Tree

sparsely

sparseness

sparse

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