adj
Meaning 1
Without sparing; liberal; profuse; thorough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unsparing
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N S P EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Pulling no punches; brutal as opposed to politic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not forbearing; ruthless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unsparing critic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
very generous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unstinted, unstinting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sparing English unsparing From un- + sparing.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: tōtōpū — thorough