adjective. Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

To disperse; scatter.

Thinly scattered; dispersed round about; existing at considerable intervals; as used of population or the like, not dense.

In botany, scattered; placed distantly or irregularly without any apparent or regular order: applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, etc.

In zoology, spare or remote, as spots or other markings: scattered irregularly; few or scanty, as hairs or other appendages.

transitive verb. To scatter; to disperse.

adjective. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together.

adjective. Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

adjective. Having widely spaced intervals.

adjective. Not dense; meager.

verb. To scatter; to disperse.

adjective. not dense

"He said the court's order, which he described as "sparse," potentially leaves the door open for the governor to return with a more-specific letter spelling out reasons for removal."

distributed  

thin out  

sparse array  sparse index  sparse matrix  

carse  farce  marse  parse  

brittle  bushy  close-cropped  curly  dense  

almost unheard-of  at a premium  broadcast  cheeseparing  chinchy