Noun: sparseness spaa(r)s-nus
- The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
"The sparseness of trees in the desert landscape was striking";
- spareness, sparsity, thinness
Type of: exiguity, leanness, meagerness [N. Amer], meagreness [Brit, Cdn], poorness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness
Encyclopedia: Sparseness