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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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"




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