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unstinting

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɪntɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌʌnˈstɪntɪŋ/
  • General-American: [-ɾɪŋ]
  • rhymes with -ɪntɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N S T IH1 N T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Generous and tireless with one's contributions of money, time, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We thank her for her unstinting support of our new hospital.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

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, unsparing, unstinted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + stint (“to be mean or sparing”) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs), or un- + stinting (“mean, sparing”). Stint is derived from Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to assuage; to make dull; to stint”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan (“to make dull; to shorten”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną (“to make dull; to shorten”) and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to hit; to push”), probably influenced by Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: mateloos — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Dutch: onbeperkt — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Finnish: aulis — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Macedonian: безре́зервен (bezrézerven) — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Macedonian: неогра́ничен (neográničen) — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Spanish: generoso — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Spanish: incansable — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Spanish: infatigable — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Telugu: తిరుగులేని (tirugulēni) — generous and tireless with one’s contributions
  • Telugu: మడమ తిప్పని (maḍama tippani) — generous and tireless with one’s contributions