Sparse
adjective
Present or spread out in small amounts, not dense or thick.
In the desert, vegetation is often sparse
Often appears as...
- sparse vegetation
- sparse hair
adjective
Lacking in detail or completeness.
The sparse report didn't provide all the information needed
Often appears as...
- sparse data
- sparse details
adjective
Occurring or placed at intervals, not continuous or regular.
Sparse matrix in computing is a matrix with most values being zero
Often appears as...
- sparse matrix
- sparse array
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Technical
adjective
Present or spread out in small amounts, not dense or thick.
In the desert, vegetation is often sparse
Often appears as...
- sparse vegetation
- sparse hair
adjective
Lacking in detail or completeness.
The sparse report didn't provide all the information needed
Often appears as...
- sparse data
- sparse details
adjective
Occurring or placed at intervals, not continuous or regular.
Sparse matrix in computing is a matrix with most values being zero
Often appears as...
- sparse matrix
- sparse array
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine areas with few items or features, enhancing the mental picture of 'sparse'.
The sparse crowd at the game made the stadium look empty.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowded
'Sparse' often implies an area is comfortably uncrowded or even desolate.
He moved to the countryside for the sparse traffic and peaceful life.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emptiness
'Sparse' can convey a subtle sense of emptiness or lack without being stark.
The room's sparse decoration gave it a minimalist charm.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine areas with few items or features, enhancing the mental picture of 'sparse'.
The sparse crowd at the game made the stadium look empty.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowded
'Sparse' often implies an area is comfortably uncrowded or even desolate.
He moved to the countryside for the sparse traffic and peaceful life.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emptiness
'Sparse' can convey a subtle sense of emptiness or lack without being stark.
The room's sparse decoration gave it a minimalist charm.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine areas with few items or features, enhancing the mental picture of 'sparse'.
The sparse crowd at the game made the stadium look empty.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Crowded
'Sparse' often implies an area is comfortably uncrowded or even desolate.
He moved to the countryside for the sparse traffic and peaceful life.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emptiness
'Sparse' can convey a subtle sense of emptiness or lack without being stark.
The room's sparse decoration gave it a minimalist charm.
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Upgrading management...
important thing the most important thing that indescribable feeling that sense of accomplishment that comes from having spent a day in the state of flow that we all love these processes they leave sparse time for people to experience the state of flow and they interrupt us all too frequently consider for example annual performance
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How to take a picture of...
to piece together a picture using their knowledge of face structure, the imaging algorithms I develop use our limited telescope data to guide us to a picture that also looks like stuff in our universe. Using these algorithms, we're able to piece together pictures from this sparse, noisy data.
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What is the universe...
The Big Bang predicts matter to be distributed evenly across the universe, as a sparse gas --but then, how did galaxies and stars come to be? The inflationary model describes a brief era of incredibly rapid expansion that relates quantum fluctuations in the energy of the early universe,
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What’s so great about...
Water slowly moves through its cul-de-sac shape and encounters the world's largest freshwater dunes, many wildlife species, and unique fossilized coral. To the east is Lake Huron, which has the longest shoreline. It's sparsely populated, but heavily forested,
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National Geographic...
absence of water leaves life clinging sparsely to the landscape here you step to the edge and life has no room for extravagance here in the high mountains it is possible to conclude that what you don't accomplish holds equal importance
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
or to develop world-class expertise, take a part of the chosen discipline that is sparsely inhabited. Judge opportunity by how few other students and researchers are on hand. This is not to de-emphasize the essential requirement
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How to talk (and listen)...
is usually hormone replacement therapy. Hormones are why I have a deeper voice and some sparse whiskers on my neck and a giant pimple on my chin. Basically, they put you through a second puberty it's a blast.
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Desert Fox Hunts A...
small sparse prey the rules desert fox has ears twenty times more sensitive than our own the jeboa tries to hide but the holes not deep enough the Fox is
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Best Wild Animal Chases...
small sparse prey the rules desert fox has ears 20 times more sensitive than our own the jeboa tries to hide but the holes not deep enough the Fox is
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A Collection Of Summer...
such small sparse prey the rupal's desert fox has ears 20 times more sensitive than our own the jaboa tries to hide but the hole's not deep enough
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Upgrading management...
important thing the most important thing that indescribable feeling that sense of accomplishment that comes from having spent a day in the state of flow that we all love these processes they leave sparse time for people to experience the state of flow and they interrupt us all too frequently consider for example annual performance
Video examples
How to take a picture of...
to piece together a picture using their knowledge of face structure, the imaging algorithms I develop use our limited telescope data to guide us to a picture that also looks like stuff in our universe. Using these algorithms, we're able to piece together pictures from this sparse, noisy data.
Video examples
What is the universe...
The Big Bang predicts matter to be distributed evenly across the universe, as a sparse gas --but then, how did galaxies and stars come to be? The inflationary model describes a brief era of incredibly rapid expansion that relates quantum fluctuations in the energy of the early universe,
Video examples
What’s so great about...
Water slowly moves through its cul-de-sac shape and encounters the world's largest freshwater dunes, many wildlife species, and unique fossilized coral. To the east is Lake Huron, which has the longest shoreline. It's sparsely populated, but heavily forested,
Video examples
National Geographic...
absence of water leaves life clinging sparsely to the landscape here you step to the edge and life has no room for extravagance here in the high mountains it is possible to conclude that what you don't accomplish holds equal importance
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
or to develop world-class expertise, take a part of the chosen discipline that is sparsely inhabited. Judge opportunity by how few other students and researchers are on hand. This is not to de-emphasize the essential requirement
Video examples
How to talk (and listen)...
is usually hormone replacement therapy. Hormones are why I have a deeper voice and some sparse whiskers on my neck and a giant pimple on my chin. Basically, they put you through a second puberty it's a blast.
Video examples
Desert Fox Hunts A...
small sparse prey the rules desert fox has ears twenty times more sensitive than our own the jeboa tries to hide but the holes not deep enough the Fox is
Video examples
Best Wild Animal Chases...
small sparse prey the rules desert fox has ears 20 times more sensitive than our own the jeboa tries to hide but the holes not deep enough the Fox is
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
such small sparse prey the rupal's desert fox has ears 20 times more sensitive than our own the jaboa tries to hide but the hole's not deep enough
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Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
Why not take a science fiction comic and put the characters in a small town to gain their particular perspective? A lot of that comes from me growing up in a small town on a farm, so that's what I know and what I'm comfortable with. My drawing style is also very sparse and minimalist, so a rural setting complements that.
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Daniel Caesar
Canadian Musician
Everyone has golden years sparsely throughout their life, but good things happen and then good things disappear. But you'll always have those good times, and when you're on your deathbed you'll be able to look back on those times when you were with the girl of your dreams.
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Franchesca Ramsey
American Comedian
I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the world was ending my junior year of high school after a dye job reacted badly with my perm and left me with a sparse and burnt up hairline. Even though I went natural a few years later, my edges never seemed to recover.
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Katie Leung
Scottish Actress
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look.
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Jason Bonham
English Musician
Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse, and to be explosive when it needed to be.
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Kelis
American Musician
My audience is made up of such bizarre, rare people. They're very sparse and scattered; it's not like a huge body of people.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.
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Josh Klinghoffer
American Musician
I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.
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Bernard Sumner
English Musician
Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak.
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Charles Forsman
American Author
I do love sparse cartooning.
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Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
Why not take a science fiction comic and put the characters in a small town to gain their particular perspective? A lot of that comes from me growing up in a small town on a farm, so that's what I know and what I'm comfortable with. My drawing style is also very sparse and minimalist, so a rural setting complements that.
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Daniel Caesar
Canadian Musician
Everyone has golden years sparsely throughout their life, but good things happen and then good things disappear. But you'll always have those good times, and when you're on your deathbed you'll be able to look back on those times when you were with the girl of your dreams.
Quote examples
Franchesca Ramsey
American Comedian
I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the world was ending my junior year of high school after a dye job reacted badly with my perm and left me with a sparse and burnt up hairline. Even though I went natural a few years later, my edges never seemed to recover.
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Katie Leung
Scottish Actress
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look.
Quote examples
Jason Bonham
English Musician
Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse, and to be explosive when it needed to be.
Quote examples
Kelis
American Musician
My audience is made up of such bizarre, rare people. They're very sparse and scattered; it's not like a huge body of people.
Quote examples
Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.
Quote examples
Josh Klinghoffer
American Musician
I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.
Quote examples
Bernard Sumner
English Musician
Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak.
Quote examples
Charles Forsman
American Author
I do love sparse cartooning.
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