Definition of "sparseness" [sparse•ness]

• The state or quality of being sparse. (noun)
• The result or product of being sparse. (noun)

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• "Ever since Böll, I miss reading such wry sparseness in a novel."
• "It was about five years ago, but the book really stuck in my mind: the brutal murder of a young soldier; the sparseness of the prose; the violent, vivid heat."
• "The more color-saturated imagery is more pretty than gritty, the violence more spectacular, the sparseness of the original dialogue exaggerated beyond dry into stiff."