thinly spread
Frequency: 8.015.1 per million words
to cover a surface with a thin layer of something; to distribute resources over too wide an area
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- The butter was thinly spread over the warm toast.
- Resources are thinly spread across several different research projects.
- The paint should be thinly spread to ensure it dries evenly.
- With so many tasks to handle, his attention was thinly spread.
- The icing was thinly spread on the cake to keep it light.
- Our marketing budget is too thinly spread to be truly effective.
- The gardener thinly spread the mulch over the flower beds.
- Staff are thinly spread across the various hospital departments.
- Make sure the glue is thinly spread on both surfaces before joining them.
- Emergency services were thinly spread during the major city festival.