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Sparseness

noun
1.
The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.  Synonyms: spareness, sparsity, thinness.






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"Sparseness" Quotes from Famous Books



... near the river, that, when not able to catch a glimpse of its shining surface, it was located by the sparseness of the trees. Jack was so anxious to avoid the stream, that he began bearing to the left, hoping the individual behind him would not notice the deviation, but the lad was unwise to think ...
— Footprints in the Forest • Edward Sylvester Ellis

... the long list of dignitaries, etc., and remembering the sparseness of the population, one is almost inclined to wonder where the material for that portion of the procession devoted to "Hawaiian Population Generally" is going ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... schools in almost every parish, and their exertions have enabled the greater number of places to come up to the standard required by the Act, without the assistance of a School Board. The great difficulty is the distance children have to walk to school, from the sparseness of population and the number of outlying hamlets. This difficulty is felt equally by the farmers, who, in the majority of cases, find themselves situated far from a good school. In only one place has anything like a cry for ...
— The Toilers of the Field • Richard Jefferies



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