Sparse

Word SPARSE
Character 6
Hyphenation sparse
Pronunciations /spɑːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Sparse"

What do we mean by sparse?

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense. adjective

Thinly scattered; dispersed round about; existing at considerable intervals; as used of population or the like, not dense.

In botany, scattered; placed distantly or irregularly without any apparent or regular order: applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, etc.

In zoology, spare or remote, as spots or other markings: scattered irregularly; few or scanty, as hairs or other appendages.

To disperse; scatter.

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together. adjective

Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. adjective

To scatter; to disperse. transitive verb

Having widely spaced intervals. adjective

Not dense; meager. adjective

To scatter; to disperse. verb

Not dense adjective

To scatter; to disperse.

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense. Urban Dictionary

Something that sounds really funny when chris carraba from dashboard confessional says it. Urban Dictionary

Denotes something that really, really sucks. Urban Dictionary

Effectionate term for cannabis, short for parsley Urban Dictionary

In a thinly dispersed manner; in small numbers. Urban Dictionary

When something is empty or there’s limited of it. Urban Dictionary

"a room which is 60% populated"...used by politicians to confuse the listener Urban Dictionary

This is when Trumps supporters die down and everyone regrets not choosing hillary Urban Dictionary

The arse man's 'strictly-dickly.' Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sparse

The word "sparse" in example sentences

He said the court's order, which he described as "sparse," potentially leaves the door open for the governor to return with a more-specific letter spelling out reasons for removal. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

I chatted with a DNR wildlife biologist responsible for NW GA a couple of weeks ago looking for hogs and he advised that they remain sparse in that section of the state. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heaps may be the favorite, though Nelson -- who mostly handed off or ran in sparse duty last season -- has the experience edge and also may have the confidence of current players. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's a piece of quiet virtuosity — Carter spends more time than most composers would exploring the instrument's low range, and much of the middle sections, both slow and fast, are an exercise in sparse lontano orchestration, the interplay between horn and orchestra seeming to come from very far away. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

M.I.A. Hip-hop electro, Jamaican dancehall, Brazilian baile funk, South Asian bhangra — Maya Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A., draws on all of them in sparse, noisy, low-fi groove tracks that sound like they come from some imagined third world street. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We spent the rest of the day experimenting with a swim frog in sparse patches, which produced several chases and a couple of bites. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thank you for the review, March mentioned you'd done this - I agree with all re the previous ones - minimal, coldness are excellent descriptions - I used the word sparse earlier to March. ❋ Marina Geigert (2008)

Properties in this sense are sometimes called sparse properties, as opposed to abundant properties (the distinction between sparse and abundant properties comes from Lewis 1983). ❋ Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo (2008)

Sometimes in sparse cover she would lie out flat on her point which setters did earlier in their tradition and when she had to reposition she would often crawl very quickly on her belly. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Busha’s Lines On Lake Winnebago is a reflection on life in sparse, conversational language. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While the prose in The Pale King can hardly be called sparse, the dominant tone is a departure from what has come before. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They used a special technique called sparse aperture masking that helps clear up the distortions a star's light experiences as it travels through Earth's blurring atmosphere. ❋ Lisa Grossman (2011)

Now, Daniel Rockmore of Dartmouth College in the US and his colleagues have shown a straightforward method known as sparse coding that, so far, appears to be significantly more accurate than previous attempts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To facilitate the search we can create a second file, called a sparse index, which consists of pairs (x, b), where x is a key value and b is the physical address of the block in which the first record has key value x. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Platts Steel Markets Daily newsletter says purchasing action was described as sparse by market participants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We wandered around [a forest] and since the [trees] were sparse, it was very easy to [navigate] through it. ❋ Albatoss (2011)

"...[bastards] of [young] ...such sparse" ❋ Robe (2006)

[Phil]: I got a D on my [physics] exam last week. Tom: [Sparse]. ❋ Jay Dee B (2005)

'half my sparse is blazed' 'try [dusting] some of that sparse on your pizza' ❋ Jukka (2004)

A sparsely populated [region] ❋ TheFootballManiac (2017)

‘[my followers] on [instagram] are [sparse]’ ❋ Myguyssss (2018)

[The room] that can [seat] 30 was sparsely packed with 20 occupied [seats]. ❋ Laslo (2009)

Shit now it's all [sparsely populated trumpets]. I wish I [voted] [hillary] ❋ Will Wheatley (2016)

I'm [sparsely-arsely] - [tits] aren't [my thing]. ❋ Captain Croke (2018)

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