Restricted in quantity or amount; scarce. …

(a) Insufficient or barely sufficient in amount, number, or effect; small in amount, few in number, rare; of hair: sparse; of a text: lacking needed explanation; (b) limited in area, narrow, cramped……

(a) Morally offensive; vilous of tonge, of a person: speaking reprehensibly; (b) hideous to the sight, horrible. …

Of land, a country, a place, etc.: uncultivated, wild; uninhabited, desolate; wast lond. …