unsparing
Americanadjective
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not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
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unmerciful; harsh; severe.
- Synonyms:
- relentless, unrelenting, merciless
adjective
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not sparing or frugal; lavish; profuse
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showing harshness or severity; unmerciful
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Origin of unsparing
Example Sentences
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Unsparing memoir: “Women We Buried, Women We Burned” chronicles one woman’s quest to create a fulfilling life on her own terms.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
Coming in December: Unsparing memoirs about very messy relationships; globe-spanning new fiction from Nadifa Mohamed, Tom Bissell and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2021
Unsparing in its criticism, “B.A.N.” is stunningly hilarious nevertheless and one of the year’s most adventurous episodes.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2016
Unsparing, Munch portrayed himself sick with the Spanish flu, drunk and with the bottles rearing up at him, ill and old and alone, sunken-faced, maundering around a darkened house.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2012
Unsparing of self where the lives or comfort of his comrades were in question, in unobtrusive ways he contributed to their happiness and shared cheerfully the common burden of daily duties.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
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