What does sparse mean?
Sparse means Having widely spaced intervals..
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/spɑːs/ · adjective
Having widely spaced intervals..
a sparse array, index, or matrix
The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.
They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.
Use sparse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sparse means Having widely spaced intervals..
Common synonyms include spread out, thin, insufficient, paltry.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a sparse array, index, or matrix
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