sparse

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

To disperse; scatter.

Thinly scattered; dispersed round about; existing at considerable intervals; as used of population or the like, not dense.

In botany, scattered; placed distantly or irregularly without any apparent or regular order: applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, etc.

In zoology, spare or remote, as spots or other markings: scattered irregularly; few or scanty, as hairs or other appendages.

To scatter; to disperse.

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together.

Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; — applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

Having widely spaced intervals.

Not dense; meager.