Unsparing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of
     spare.]
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     1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke.
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     2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*spar"ing*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*spar"ing*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unsparing
       adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the
              critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
              gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his
              mother a quarter and he thought them munificent";
              "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his
              unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to
              Britain" [syn: {lavish}, {munificent}, {overgenerous},
               {prodigal}, {too-generous}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]
       2: not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "unsparing":
     Spartan, Spartanic, ardent, assiduous, astringent, austere,
     authoritarian, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, demanding,
     diligent, dour, energetic, exacting, exigent, fervent, free,
     freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted,
     grim, handsome, hard, hardworking, harsh, hospitable, inclement,
     indefatigable, industrious, laborious, large, largehearted, lavish,
     liberal, magnanimous, meticulous, munificent, never idle, open,
     openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, relentless, rough,
     rugged, sedulous, severe, sleepless, stern, stintless, strenuous,
     strict, stringent, tireless, tough, unflagging, ungentle,
     ungrudging, unremitting, unselfish, unsleeping, unstinted,
     unstinting, unwearied, vehement, zealous