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unsparing
adjective un·spar·ing \-ˈsper-iŋ\
: very harsh or severe
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First Known Use of UNSPARING
circa 1586
Related to UNSPARING
- Synonyms
- bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, generous, unstinting
- Antonyms
- cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
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