sparsely inhabited. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a sparse population. ,sparse hair. From Dictionary.com.
And they've had the most success in sparsely-populated areas. From Wordnik.com. [September 9th, 2006] Reference
Chinese units were usually located in sparsely populated areas to avoid conflicts. From Wordnik.com. [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT] Reference
Many of our students plan to practice in sparsely populated areas where there aren't many lawyers. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
Others, notably the iron ore resources, have taken place in sparsely settled areas of Western Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Australia's New Frontiers] Reference
That figure may not seem excessive, but club officials point out that bad weather is more damaging in sparsely populated Minnesota than it might be elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Pure Baseball Men] Reference
(Hint: most of it is not in sparsely populated rural areas. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Generic Ballot Points to Giant House GOP Win in 2010] Reference
The area is described as sparsely populated and covered with brush. From Wordnik.com. [keyetv.com Local News] Reference
Dan Jennings, vice president of player personnel for the Florida Marlins, recalls a sparsely attended high school baseball game in the tiny town of Mount Olive, Miss., in. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The living room of the apartment was sparsely decorated. From Wordnik.com. [White Pierre, Part One] Reference
The place was clean and sparsely furnished. From Wordnik.com. [To Be A Child (Part I of III)] Reference
Every office, that is, but the tiny, sparsely equipped mayoral office of Pasorapa. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Thirsty Cows, Poor Nations and Other Ironies of Climate Change] Reference
It's a sparsely settled, hilly area with few street lights and little nighttime traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Death Of A 'Hero'] Reference
Five died when the small plane went down in a wild, sparsely-populated area near Dillingham. From Wordnik.com. [Former Sen. Ted Stevens Dies In Plane Crash] Reference
Stacked in one corner of the sparsely furnished room were cartons of books and blank cassettes. From Wordnik.com. [Radical Sheik: A Cleric's Violent Message] Reference
Empty bars and restaurants miserably blared pop songs onto the sparsely populated Bourbon Street. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Roof Blues] Reference
The trailer was as sparsely furnished as might be expected of a young man living alone in the desert. From Wordnik.com. [Unexpected Flying Objects] Reference
Barden's arm, usually the width of a woman's calf and covered with hair, was now only sparsely coated. From Wordnik.com. [The Fountain] Reference
(About half a million are in such sparsely settled areas that AT&T doesn't plan to upgrade their systems.). From Wordnik.com. [The Call Of The Wired] Reference
"We are not terrorists," the Blacksnake tells NEWSWEEK, seated in a sparsely furnished room with a stone floor. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Blacksnake's Lair] Reference
The divisive nature of these issues is highlighted in sparsely populated Greenland, the world's largest island. From Wordnik.com. [Deepwater Horizon fears resurface as rigs probe for oil under Arctic ice] Reference
Even if it led to an empty beach, the road would help open the sparsely populated Gravina Island to development. From Wordnik.com. [Palin Admin. Oversaw $26 Million ROAD to ‘Nowhere’] Reference
By the time CENTCOM was making its official statement to a sparsely attended press conference a little before 4 a.m. From Wordnik.com. ['She's Alive'] Reference
It's easier to make things work during a sparsely attended preseason game than during a packed regular-season opener. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins tackle FedEx Field customer service] Reference
And for those who want to quit drinking, there's a sparsely attended Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in downtown Kampala. From Wordnik.com. [Ugandan Home Brews Result In More Than Hangovers] Reference
But it could have been worse: the epicenter was on a fault in the desert's sparsely populated eastern Mojave shear zone. From Wordnik.com. [A Major Quake In A Lonely Place] Reference
The brothers followed a sparsely populated desert route from the Afghan border to Varamin, a town 100 miles south of Tehran. From Wordnik.com. ['At Least He Can Live'] Reference
Kaddafi has never been content being the mere strongman of a sparsely populated patch of sand floating on a giant pool of oil. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Embarrassment] Reference
Together the three idols guide Will through a personal obstacle course of self-doubt and bad habits on a sparsely decorated stage. From Wordnik.com. [Facing Life With a Song and a Soliloquy] Reference
Customers in desirable, densely settled areas will be a lot better off, customers in sparsely settled areas will be a lot worse off. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Phone Frenzy] Reference
Five of the nine people onboard the small plane died when it went down in a wild, sparsely-populated area near the town of Dillingham. From Wordnik.com. [Former Sen. Ted Stevens Dies In Plane Crash] Reference
We have many small islands that are sparsely populated so they make ideal areas to land goods or to try and ship goods into this country. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland's navy in frontline against Colombia cocaine smugglers] Reference
He views the sparsely populated Golan differently, he says, but also considers himself pragmatic when it comes to international diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [Grapes on the Golan] Reference
They are withdrawing from sparsely populated areas to concentrate on population centers, and areas controlled by the Taliban are expanding. From Wordnik.com. [Is it 1966 in Washington?] Reference
Though this area is sparsely inhabited and hardly short of open space, the government is spending millions to carve new lands out of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Machine] Reference
In the privacy of his sparsely furnished house in Kabul, a veteran Afghan Interior Ministry official says the situation may already be hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [A Harvest Of Treachery] Reference
THE ROADS OUT With its expansive, sparsely populated borders and rugged terrain, Mongolia has become a favored destination among fleeing refugees. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Seoul Train] Reference
It's not an entirely new idea; Vermont has used such a system for more than 100 years in an attempt to avoid building schools in sparsely populated areas. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Test For Vouchers] Reference
"Parts of Eastern Europe, already sparsely populated, will just empty out," predicts Reiner Klingholz, director of the Berlin Institute for Population and Development. From Wordnik.com. [BIRTH DEARTH] Reference
Man and jaguar have been sparring for territory ever since 18th-century settlers, traders and herdsmen began to move into this sparsely populated serto, or back lands. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Big Cats] Reference
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