ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unsparing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unsparing is an adjective meaning Without sparing; liberal; profuse; thorough.

Meaning

Without sparing; liberal; profuse; thorough.

More Meanings

  1. Pulling no punches; brutal as opposed to politic.

Example Sentences

[Giovanni's Room] is clearly written out of interior torment, and is an unsparing account of a man fighting against himself. It is certainly not a pleasant book, and David, the narrator, is not "nice" […] but even in its negative ending, it makes a strong statement in favor of self knowledge and accepting one's sexuality.
Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.

Synonyms for unsparing

Depending on context, synonyms include lavish, prodigal, generous, munificent, inclement, unstinting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include munificent, generous, unstinting, overgenerous, lavish, prodigal.

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