sparse English

Meaning sparse meaning

What does sparse mean?

sparse

— adjective (= thin) not dense a thin beard trees were sparse

Synonyms sparse synonyms

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thin

scanty

rare

scarce

few

scant

poor

lean

rarefied

in short supply

uncommon

tenuous

sporadic

scattered

meager

wispy

skinny

skimpy

precious

little

gaunt

diluted

dilute

diffuse

widely spaced

weak

watery

washy

unsatisfying

uncrowded

thinning

thinly scattered

sporadical

spare

solitary

small

seldom

rarified

patch

paltry

open

meagre

lonely

less

lax

isolated

infrequent

fine

few and far between

far apart

Topics sparse topics

What do people use sparse to talk about?

States Quantity Plural

Few, little

• What words indicate that there are a small number of things or people?
  few a small number of one or two a handful of sparse not many a couple of

Examples sparse examples

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Movie subtitles

Fishing is mighty sparse here.

In others, we found the vegetation too sparse to sustain life or the water supply too limited.

However, life readings are sparse and concentrated.

Everyone will have a different head and the forest will get sparse, like the beggar's gown.

It's a sparse and rather typical chain of islands in the immense cosmic ocean.

Well, it's quite sparse.

Her soiled and sparse wraps demands the blood it needs!

North is either sparse and dry, or wet and cold this time of year.

That accounts for the sparse vegetation.

She's skinny, too young, with sparse hair.

Humpbacks fast for eight months in the relatively sparse waters of the tropics where they breed and give birth.

There are no large bodies of water, and the vegetation is sparse.

I know. It's a little sparse.

It's a sparse score, to say the least.

The news is sparse but here it is.

Uh. well, it was always a little sparse on the left side.

But they're quite justified considering the sparse facts you're supplying us with.

Huh. Sparse.

It's a little sparse.

Pubic hair light and sparse.

Your workspace is a little sparse.

And as my grandfather once said, the harvest was sparse, but lean.

Uh,glassware lookinga little sparse.

Well, it's a Saturday night- sorry the video store pickings were a little sparse.

It was always a little sparse on the left side.

At last we came to an area that seemed more wild and natural. where very large trees had blanketed the sparse unkempt grass with fallen leaves.

Sparse are my findings, but great is the moment.

Come on Rosa, make yourself sparse.

The furniture's on the way, but I think the idea is to keep it sparse.

No, not sparse.

Your side of the guest list looked a little sparse.

And in a language which is very sparse in vocabulary.

Kinda sparse down there, don't move, show it to me!

Thus we are unsatisfied by your sparse words of review.

Yes. We will, because of the blue and the sparse walls.

Glassware looking a little sparse.

News and current affairs

I called a friend and got a few sparse details: Kris's husband was away but had hurried back.

Cell phone coverage could revolutionize communications for sparse populations in Darfur's vast territory, with major benefits for livelihoods, physical survival, and the maintenance of family ties.

Most live in rural areas where the population is sparse and incomes are low, making it uneconomical to connect homes and businesses to a grid.

The population is sparse - roughly 700,000 people on territory the size of France - with agricultural communities nestled in deep valleys and a few herdsmen in the high mountains.

Aside from the Iran deal, good news on nuclear weapons has been sparse in recent years.