sparseness

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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.]

sparsely adv.

sparseness, sparsi·ty (spär

-t

) n.

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Noun

sparseness - the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

spareness, sparsity, thinness

exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot

Translations

sparseness

n → Spärlichkeit f; (of furnishings also) → Dürftigkeit f; (of population) → geringe Dichte

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