sparseness
sparseness · sparsenesses
The state or quality of being sparseThe state or quality of being sparse.
» The sparseness of the store is to be expected after a successful sales event.
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2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being sparse.
The sparseness of the hair on his head made him long for his full-haired youth.
(countable, rare)The result or product of being sparse.
More definitions
- the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
Examples
1 sentencesThe sparseness of the store is to be expected after a successful sales event.
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: sparsenesses| Singular | sparseness |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsparse
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.