sparsest
Most spread out
Sparsest is the superlative of sparse—the most thinly scattered or least dense.
Where sparse describes things distributed with wide gaps between them, sparsest indicates the extreme: The sparsest vegetation grew near the summit.
That region has the sparsest population in the country.
Deficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- skimpyInadequate in size or amount
- paltryContemptibly meager
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
scarce · limited · slight · measly · deficient · lacking · wanting · poor
Holding nothing inside
- bareLacking any covering
- unclutteredFree from disorder
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- starkSevere and unadorned
stripped · clean · neat · plain · void · vacant · unadorned · unfurnished
meager
Deficient in quantity
inadequate · scarce · limited · slight · measly · deficient · lacking · wanting · poor · thin
empty
Holding nothing inside
- bareLacking any covering
- unclutteredFree from disorder
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
stark · stripped · clean · neat · plain · void · vacant · unadorned · unfurnished · spartan
infrequent
Happening only occasionally
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- patchyIrregular in coverage
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
spotty · occasional · intermittent · dispersed · thin · few · rare · seldom · uncommon · diffuse
barren
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- remoteDistant or controller
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
abandoned · deserted · empty · lonely · forsaken · wasteland · isolated · unpopulated · windswept · harsh
- sparse populationFew people per area
- sparsely populatedHaving few inhabitants
- sparse vegetationMinimal plant life present
- sparse treesWidely spaced forest growth