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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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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 possible that Ms. Rice’s report will finally provide a clear resolution, an ungrudging decision to overturn the conviction or, conversely, persuasive evidence supporting the verdict that will come with Mr. Scheck’s imprimatur.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2013

His China campaigns had earned him ungrudging praise, and a fame which, but for his own diffidence, would have carried him to the highest positions in the British army.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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