sparseness

Example Sentences

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He cautioned that this is “particularly challenging region of the world” to investigate in this kind of study, however, because of a relative sparseness of meteorological data and the complex climatology of the area.

From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023

Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

That sparseness may have been the result of the speed with which Nicks wrote “Dreams.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

On a set whose sparseness and simple lighting evoke Charlie Rose, Macdonald interviews a single guest each episode.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

I have already said that the origin of the custom was due to sparseness of settlement, the primitive and frugal habits of the people permitting the practice, and the absence of good means of communication.

From Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England by Adams, Charles Francis