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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unsparing \unspar"ing\, a. pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of
spare.
1913 webster
1. not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --burke.
1913 webster
2. not merciful or forgiving. r. --milton.
1913 webster -- unspar"ingly, adv. --
unspar"ingness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
unspar"ingly unspar"ingness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
unsparing
adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the
critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his
mother a quarter and he thought them munificent";
"prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his
unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to
britain" syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous,
prodigal, too-generous, unstinted, unstinting
2: not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
see also:
lavish munificent overgenerous prodigal too-generous unstinted
unstinting
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
71 moby thesaurus words for "unsparing":
spartan, spartanic, ardent, assiduous, astringent, austere,
authoritarian, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, demanding,
diligent, dour, energetic, exacting, exigent, fervent, free,
freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted,
grim, handsome, hard, hardworking, harsh, hospitable, inclement,
indefatigable, industrious, laborious, large, largehearted, lavish,
liberal, magnanimous, meticulous, munificent, never idle, open,
openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, relentless, rough,
rugged, sedulous, severe, sleepless, stern, stintless, strenuous,
strict, stringent, tireless, tough, unflagging, ungentle,
ungrudging, unremitting, unselfish, unsleeping, unstinted,
unstinting, unwearied, vehement, zealous
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