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ungrudging

American  
[uhn-gruhj-ing] / ʌnˈgrʌdʒ ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not begrudging; not stinting; wholehearted.

    an ungrudging supporter of charities.


ungrudging British  
/ ʌnˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ /

adjective

  1. liberal; unstinted; willing

    ungrudging support

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of ungrudging

First recorded in 1760–70; un- 1 + grudging

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It is, she writes, “an ungrudging obsession,” sometimes requiring attempt after attempt after attempt — but not without its pleasures.

From New York Times Jul. 13, 2023

See if he’ll give you one month of ungrudging effort to appreciate what you serve — beyond which you’ll leave him alone to his slop, without so much as an eye-roll.

From Washington Post Aug. 31, 2021

The dinosaurs looked on with frank, ungrudging fascination as these latterday fans – Hickey referred to them as “the nouveaux” – fell head over heels too.

From The Guardian Oct. 26, 2018

“This splendid lady sandbagged me,” Bloom said in a recent phone conversation, with the lofty, ungrudging admiration of an old general recalling an opposite number’s surprise attack at some long-ago battle.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2016

It is by such ungrudging, prompt assents to what is offered to us so lavishly, that we become possessed of the principles, doctrines, sentiments, facts, which constitute useful, and especially liberal knowledge.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

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