See Also: Sparse(medicine)
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sparse (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: sparsus 'spread out', from the past participle of spargere 'to scatter']
existing only in small amounts
::his sparse brown hair
::rural areas with sparse population
-- sparsely adv
::a sparsely populated area
-- sparseness n [U]