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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being sparse. uncountable

   "The sparseness of the hair on his head made him long for his full-haired youth."

2. 2
   the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness wordnet
3. 3
   The result or product of being sparse. countable, rare

Synonyms

All synonyms

dearthexiguityinfrequencypaucitypovertyrarity

Example

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"The sparseness of the hair on his head made him long for his full-haired youth."

Etymology

From sparse + -ness.

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