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SPAHS/spɑːs/

Sparse means thinly scattered, or present only in small amounts: sparse cover, a sparse rota. Thin (already in the dictionary) is everyday; thin talk is not a staffing minute.

Meaning

Thinly scattered; present only in small amounts (from thin, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Sparse cover on the night rota is a staffing minute, not a slogan.”
• “Thin is already in this course. Scanty is the close twin. A slogan is comms. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then keep the slogan if the sitting still stands.”

Good to know

Thinly spread; few and far between. Everyday: thin (already in the dictionary). A slogan ≠ cover.

Near in meaning

scanty, thin, meagre

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