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spared

[ spaird ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.
dispensed with or done without:
I finally obtained a little ready money by converting some easily spared articles of jewelry into cash.
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.

Origin of spared¹

First recorded in 1575–85; spare ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; spare ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

If they returned to their church, they would be spared a second attack.

If Bush-Portman is the Republican nightmare ticket for Democrats, however, they may be spared.

And when we have been spared such tragedy, it has happened precisely because presidents have stood up to the bully caucus.

Victoria and I were spared that, at least, but we were down to T-shirts and thin blouses.

But the one-term Republican could still be spared from rejection.

He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.

We had a conference with each of them, Generals and Staff who could be spared from the fighting being present.

She was in a bitter mood to-night, not sparing Ralph Towne as she would not have spared herself.

In Miss Ashton's case there was a feature some are spared—her love had been known—and it increased the anguish tenfold.

Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.

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