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unsparing

[uhn-spair-ing] Origin

un·spar·ing

[uhn-spair-ing]
adjective
1.
not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
2.
unmerciful; harsh; severe.

Origin:
1580–90; un-1 + sparing

un·spar·ing·ly, adverb
un·spar·ing·ness, noun


1. generous, lavish, bountiful. 2. merciless, unrelenting, relentless.

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Unsparing is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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unsparing (ʌnˈspɛərɪŋ)
 
adj
1.  not sparing or frugal; lavish; profuse
2.  showing harshness or severity; unmerciful
 
un'sparingly
 
adv
 
un'sparingness
 
n

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unsparing
"showing no mercy," 1586, from un- (1) "not" + sparing (see spare (v.)).
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