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Word: Sparse
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 18th century (used to describe writing in the sense ‘widely spaced’): from Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere ‘scatter’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
spɑːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
thinly dispersed or scattered
Short Definition:thinly dispersed or scattered
Examples:- areas of sparse population
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