| This is due to the relative sparsity of development in the post-medieval period. |
| The police were palpably disappointed at the sparsity of my knowledge respecting her. |
| The sparsity of population is also well indicated by the great scarcity of food. |
| The sparsity of the population, the extent of the country, and its poverty, made a royal establishment impossible. |
| Because of its immense size and sparsity of settlement, it has always posed a difficult challenge. |
| The remoteness of the islands and the sparsity of the population makes Yap one of the last bastions for true Micronesian culture, unsullied by outside influences. |
