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

She believes the sellers of newer apartment buildings should be spared from the tax.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

For now, thanks to De Zerbi's inspiration and the failings of other clubs, Spurs are spared a day of reckoning.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Other medium-resolution images, taken earlier this month and reviewed by AFP, show that what had previously been spared is now gone.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

I can only hope that Replimune RP1 will be approved and save other lives so they might be spared the suffering that Claire and our family endured.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Andrew Jackson’s wife, Rachel, was not spared from cruel campaign gossip.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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• immune