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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. very generous;
- Example: "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"
- Example: "the critics were lavish in their praise"
- Example: "a munificent gift"
- Example: "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"
- Example: "prodigal praise"
- Example: "unsparing generosity"
- Example: "his unstinted devotion"
- Example: "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
[syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]

2. not forbearing; ruthless;
- Example: "an unsparing critic"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, too-generous,
           unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
    2: not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"