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Sparseness

Sparseness \Sparse"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

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sparseness

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being sparse. 2 (context countable rare English) The result or product of being sparse.

WordNet
sparseness

n. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness [syn: spareness, sparsity]

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.