Synonyms of sparse

1 Syllable
lean, few, toyer, slight, scant, leans
2 Syllables
sticker, scanty, snubber, scantiest, anier, subpar, leaner, scarcest, littler, fewest, scantier, scrimpy, shrimpy, scarcer, smallish, fewer, slighter, leanest, standout, slightest, junker, rarest, meager
3 Syllables
uncostly, rinkydink, subtilest, several, niggardly, exiguous, infrequent, shortlived, rinky-dink, sylphlike, rarer, subtiler, subnormal, shorthanded
5 Syllables
inadequate