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sparsity

/spahrs/US // spɑrs //UK // (spɑːs) //

稀疏度,稀疏性,稀疏,稀少

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    spars·er, spars·est.

    • : thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
    • : not thick or dense; thin: sparse hair.
    • : scanty; meager.

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Examples

  • To maximize the value of sparse funding for expensive projects, planners never build the same instrument twice.

  • Some branches saw an abundance of species form, while others remained sparse.

  • Earth’s gravity still has a little pull here, but just enough to keep most of the sparse air molecules from drifting away.

  • That’s what I’ve been thinking recently, and especially during our eerily sparse Thanksgiving celebrations.

  • In comparison, Su notes, details about the farside have been sparse.

  • One of the prime difficulties is in the sparsity and uneven distribution of the cow population.

  • She preferred cleanly poverty and honest sparsity to luxury on credit.

  • What was most extraordinary was the sparsity and lowness of the trees and bushes, the fineness of the growth.

  • The sparsity of the population, the extent of the country, and its poverty, made a royal establishment impossible.

  • Only vast Madagascar, continental in size, repeats the sparsity of the continent.