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

Though some properties were lost, our street was largely spared.

From Los Angeles Times

The capture would mark a new advance in the northeastern region, previously largely spared from fighting since Ukraine regained land there in a swift 2022 counter-offensive.

From Barron's

I was spared, but nobody in Los Angeles was spared, and it wasn’t until halfway through the year that I noticed a consistent light from the strangest source.

From Los Angeles Times

Northern Europe was largely spared the heatwave that hit Europe at the end of June but it instead experienced an abnormally warm autumn.

From Barron's

He was spared execution when one of his captors took a second look at his face and recognized him as the generous schoolmate who used to share his lunch.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• immune