sparsity
noun
the fact or condition of being thinly scattered or distributed and not thick or dense.
Example Sentences
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He cautioned that this is “particularly challenging region of the world” to investigate in this kind of study, however, because of a relative sparseness of meteorological data and the complex climatology of the area.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021
That sparseness may have been the result of the speed with which Nicks wrote “Dreams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
On a set whose sparseness and simple lighting evoke Charlie Rose, Macdonald interviews a single guest each episode.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
It is the only religious body relentlessly persecuted by the Russian government, and the persecution is based upon the sparseness of population.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
