Word a Day
sparse
What does sparse mean?
sparse (adjective): not dense.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sparse in a sentence?
- Trees were sparse. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce sparse?
/spɑɹs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sparse come from?
Borrowed from Latin sparsus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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