wispy

• The real hair was short and wispy, a dark brown color only a shade deeper than Tess's. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
• The beard was irregular and wispy, startling white against his sun-darkened skin. —  AnalogSF,Mar2004
• It's so wispy, in fact, that not a single particle of it was detected until hypersensitive facilities came online in the late 2010s. —  Asimov'sSF,August2006
• Miller was in his sixties, hair white and wispy, and he always kept his body three-quarters to the camera, though his eyes locked right onto the lens and wouldn't let go — until his voice grew softer and softer and he looked out the window to contemplate some elusive thought. —  Death of a Blue Movie Star
• He tried to see beneath the peculiar, wispy-gray stuff ahead. —  090 - Tunnel Terror

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