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Scarcity of boxes containing pictures, with 100 missing
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sparseness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness [syn: spareness , sparsity ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being sparse. 2 (context countable rare English) The result or product of being sparse.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sparseness \Sparse"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
Usage examples of sparseness.
He had made himself fully familiar with its formation, knew well its weak and strong points and its sparseness of supplies, and without loss of time spread his forces round it, besieging it so closely that not a Dane could escape.
A dozen leaves two handbreadths wide and as much as twenty feet long trailed across the shingle from each trunk, covering much of the ground despite the sparseness of individual plants.