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sparse (spärs)

adjective sparser spars′er, sparsest spars′est

thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded

Etymology: L sparsus, pp. of spargere, to scatter: see spark

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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