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

He toys with sparseness, then a new pitched percussion chord leads to a subtle electric guitar declaration; it’s lightly distorted, yet not driven in an overly obvious way.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Unfortunately, the script’s sparseness too often bleeds into the dialogue which, at times, sounds remarkably wan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022

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

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

The arguments urged against its construction are the length of the route, the sparseness of population, and the cheap rates at which freight is now transported.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace