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• past participle of spare.
• past tense form of spare.

spared

American  

[spaird] / spɛərd /

adjective

1. left intact; not damaged, punished, destroyed, killed, etc..

   After a seven-month siege they captured the city, and the spared captives were taken into exile.

   After a brain injury in early childhood, language function is typically transferred to the spared hemisphere.

2. dispensed with or done without.

   I finally obtained a little ready money by converting some easily spared articles of jewelry into cash.

3. used frugally or not used; withheld; not spent.

   At no spared effort or expense, the enhanced design protocol has been applied to all the products in our new lineup.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of spare.

Other Word Forms

• unspared
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of spared

First recorded in 1575–85; spare ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; spare ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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spared

The Ellisons have been spared a prolonged legal ordeal to make even harder the job of keeping up two sprawling studio facilities located in the high-cost Los Angeles area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Klitschko has said that Kyiv -- largely spared from the devastation wrought near the frontlines in nearly five years of conflict -- should now be on a war footing due to the upsurge in attacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Pike's boyfriend and co-defendant Shipp was 17 at the time so was spared the death penalty under state law.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even his own teammates haven’t been spared his flare-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

He stretched out a hand to the twins on either side of him; at least she was spared touching him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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