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What is the adjective for sparseness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs spare and sparse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spare
  1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
  2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
  3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
  5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  6. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Slow.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The spare tire is only suited for temporary or emergency use only.”
      “We donated our spare clothing and household items to the local charity.”
      “His steed, too, wanted for something to eat, and gnawed eagerly at the spare vegetation as soon as permitted.”
sparse
sparing
  1. prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Evidently, they have been too sparing in spending money where it should have been spent.”
      “It's a general overview of the event, marred by being rather sparing on facts and overly sensationalistic in writing.”
      “From them, we know the significance of being good, principled and honest, and the need to be sparing in judgment of others.”
spareable
  1. Capable of being spared; available.
spary
  1. (obsolete) sparing; parsimonious
sparer
spareful
  1. (obsolete) sparing; chary
sparest
spared
sparsed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sparse
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