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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] [L.
     sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse,
     Disperse.]
     1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
        dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
        --Carlyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
        applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] [L.
     sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse,
     Disperse.]
     1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
        dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
        --Carlyle.
  
     2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
        applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sparser
     a.
     (en-comparative of: sparse)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sparser
     a.
     (en-comparative of: sparse)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sparser
     a.
     (en-comparative of: sparse)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sparser
     a.
     (en-comparative of: sparse)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sparser
     Englanti a.
     (en-a-taivm s parse r)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sparser /spˈɑːsə/
  أكثر تناثرا

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sparser /spˈɑːsə/ 
  řidší

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