Answer:

sparse

Answer	Crossword Clue
SPARSE	Few and far between
SPARSE	Meager
SPARSE	Hardly packed

SPARSE	Thinly scattered
SPARSE	Far from dense
SPARSE	Widely scattered
SPARSE	Like desert vegetation
SPARSE	Spread out
SPARSE	Thin
SPARSE	Hardly prevalent
SPARSE	Thinly distributed

SPARSE	Hardly dense
SPARSE	Widely separated
SPARSE	Thinly populated
SPARSE	Thinly spread
SPARSE	Like slim pickings
SPARSE	Scanty
SPARSE	Like vegetation in the desert
SPARSE	In short supply

SPARSE	Of limited availability
SPARSE	Not thick
SPARSE	Uncommon
SPARSE	Scattered
SPARSE	Far from abundant
SPARSE	Few and scattered
SPARSE	Highly scattered
SPARSE	Not at all dense

SPARSE	Not plentiful
SPARSE	Not rife
SPARSE	Hardly abundant
SPARSE	Lean
SPARSE	Not dense
SPARSE	Exiguous
SPARSE	Not dense.
SPARSE	Scanty.

SPARSE	Thin.
SPARSE	Thinly scattered.
SPARSE	Not thickly settled.
SPARSE	Of few and scattered elements.
SPARSE	Few and far between.