Sparsest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L.
     sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse},
     {Disperse}.]
     1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
        dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
        --Carlyle.


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     2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
        applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
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