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English Dictionary: unsparing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
  2. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of
      spare.]
      1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke.
  
      2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton. --
            {Un*spar"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*spar"ing*ness}, n.
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