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Noun: sparseness  spaa(r)s-nus
  1. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
    - spareness, sparsity, thinness

Derived forms: sparsenesses

See also: sparse

Type of: exiguity, leanness, meagerness [N. Amer], meagreness [Brit, Cdn], poorness, scantiness, scantness