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scattered
Not thinking clearly or in an organized fashion; unfocused.
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  1. Not thinking clearly or in an organized fashion; unfocused.
  2. (Physics) Deflected. Used especially of radiation or particles.
  3. Loosely distributed; strewn:
scanty
Narrow; small; close
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  1. Narrow; small; close
  2. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
  3. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent:
meager
Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:
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  1. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:
  2. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
  3. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
exiguous
Extremely scanty; meager.
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  1. Extremely scanty; meager.
  2. Scanty; little; small; meager
meager
Having little flesh; lean.
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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated
poor
Lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished
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  1. Lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
puny
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
  2. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
scant
Very little, very few.
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  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
  3. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
scanty
Narrow; small; close
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  1. Narrow; small; close
  2. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent:
  3. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
skimpy
Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
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  1. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
  2. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
  3. Barely or not quite enough; somewhat less in size, fullness, etc. than is needed; scanty
spare
Economical in style; using simple language and a minimum of words; restrained
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  1. Economical in style; using simple language and a minimum of words; restrained
  2. Not in regular use or immediately needed; extra
  3. Not fleshy; lean; thin
stingy
Stinging or capable of stinging
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  1. Stinging or capable of stinging
  2. Giving or spending reluctantly.
  3. Scanty or meager:
thin
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Watery:
  3. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
measly
(Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
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  1. (Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
  2. (Slang) Contemptibly small; meager:
  3. Small in amount, contemptibly so.
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  • It is a well-wooded tract, in many places stretching out in charming glades like an English park, but it has a very sparse population and little cultivated land.

  • The population of this region, however, is sparse, and its growth is slow.

  • Many districts are fertile, but some, particularly those in the south-eastern part of the province, do not produce sufficient grain for the requirements of the sparse population.

  • which has the sparse flora of Somaliland.

  • The hills are inhabited by a very sparse population of Mhairs, an aboriginal race.

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