More widely spaced

• Like the population of Alaska vis-à-vis New Jersey
• More empty
• Less crowded
• More scanty
• Less abundant
• Thinner
• More spread out

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: sparse )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. Sparser ; superl. Sparsest .] [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse , Disperse .] Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. --Carlyle. ...