Collocations for "sparse"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sparse" in context.
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sparse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- sparse [vegetation, fauna, crops]
- [a country, an area, a region] of sparse [vegetation]
- the fields are sparse (and barren)
- the harvest was sparse this [year, autumn]
- has sparse [gray, white] hair
- his hair is getting sparse
- is looking (very) sparse
- his hair is sparse and [thin, brittle]
- has (thin,) sparse eyebrows
- sparse [resources, jobs, opportunities, time]
- [hampered, hindered, impeded, stunted] by sparse [resources]
- [resources] have become sparse [since, ever since]
- is sparse in [resources]
- a sparse [supply, amount] of water
- jobs are sparse [nowadays, these days, during a recession]
- sparse [references, data, information] (on)
- information is sparse [on, about, regarding]
- sparse funds were [raised, available]
- [a little, a bit, quite, rather, very, extremely] sparse
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