Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of
spare.]
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1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke.
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2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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"
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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