unsparing
Americanadjective
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not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
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unmerciful; harsh; severe.
- Synonyms:
- relentless, unrelenting, merciless
adjective
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not sparing or frugal; lavish; profuse
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showing harshness or severity; unmerciful
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Origin of unsparing
Example Sentences
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The judge who sentenced Peters in October 2024 was unsparing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
But Hilton is now utterly unsparing in his criticism of California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Massie could be a waspish commentator and was unsparing in his political commentary.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Ms. Feldman, a longtime writer for Publishers Weekly, tracks the company’s history—roughly 24% of which has unfolded since she began the book in 2002—in meticulous, unsparing detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
We could no longer detect the city, the night was so black, so full of water and motion, so unsparing was the drench.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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