Sparse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spɑːs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sparse is an adjective meaning Having widely spaced intervals.
Meaning
Having widely spaced intervals.
More Meanings
- Not dense; meager; scanty
- (mathematics) Having few nonzero elements
- (obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.
Example Sentences
a sparse array, index, or matrix
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.
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.
Word Forms
- sparser
- sparsest
- sparses
- sparsing
- sparsed
Synonyms for sparse
Depending on context, synonyms include thin, insufficient, paltry, besprenge, broadcast, desparple.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thin, distributed, scattering, scattered, disperse, dissipation.
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