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UK
/ʌnspˈeəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ənˈspɛɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ənˈspɛɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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very generous
a munificent gift
the critics were lavish in their praise
a munificent gift
called for unstinting aid to Britain
unsparing generosity
prodigal praise
his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
distributed gifts with a lavish hand
his unstinted devotion -
not forbearing; ruthless
an unsparing critic
How To Use unsparing In A Sentence
- Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint. Times, Sunday Times
- The king's persistency in begging her not to veil so austerely a face which the gods had made for the admiration of men, his evident vexation upon her refusal to appear in Greek costume at the sacrifices and public solemnities, his unsparing raillery at what he termed her barbarian shyness, all tended to convince her that the young King Candaules
- Time and again, in prose unsparing and unsentimental, Liz has allowed readers a peek into her own mental health struggles.
- Compare as to a similar scourge of unsparing trial, Job 9: 23. it shall be no more -- the scepter, that is, the state, must necessarily then come to an end. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- These are places through which the book moves with an unsparing eye. Times, Sunday Times
- She is unsparing in her criticism.
- Both were unsparing in their criticism of government and of the social organisations that held India in their vice-like grip.
- While he is unsparing in his descriptions of the muddle, indecision and plain deceit in the preparation and conduct of the rising, he does communicate something of the small-scale grandeur of it all.
- Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint. Times, Sunday Times
- This is an unsparing account, devoid of self-pity. Times, Sunday Times
