1. comparative form of sparse; more thinly scattered or distributed; less dense

Examples

• The vegetation became sparser as we climbed higher up the mountain.
• Traffic was sparser on the highway during the early morning hours.
• Her hair looked sparser after the chemotherapy treatment.
• The population is sparser in rural areas compared to cities.
• The stars appeared sparser through the city’s light pollution.
• Data points were sparser in the outer regions of the graph.