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sparse
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- pronunciation:
- spars
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| inflections: |
sparser, sparsest |
| definition: |
not thick or dense; scattered in thin amounts.
There was a sparse crowd at the show last night.- synonyms:
- thin
- similar words:
- few and far between, infrequent, lean, meager, spare
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| related words: |
little, meager, short |
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| derivations: |
sparsely (adv.), sparseness (n.), sparsity (n.) |
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