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unsparing
[ uhn-spair-ing ]
unsparing
/ ʌnˈspɛərɪŋ /
adjective
- not sparing or frugal; lavish; profuse
- showing harshness or severity; unmerciful
Derived Forms
- unˈsparingly, adverb
- unˈsparingness, noun
Other Words From
- un·sparing·ly adverb
- un·sparing·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unsparing1
Example Sentences
Like Biden, Rep. Morelle was unsparing in his criticism of the Court.
If Democrats do pull off a victory in November, it will be in large part because of her unsparing refusal to give into what felt like inevitable defeat.
Maria Friedman’s unsparing direction and a thrillingly fierce central performance by Jonathan Groff have given the show the hard shell it lacked.
“I wonder how American audiences will cope with its unsparing approach to a subject that, for several decades, has been locked in accelerating cycles of national insanity,” critic Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker after the opera’s premiere in 2021.
The first African movie musical, it traces nearly four centuries of French colonialism with unsparing clarity and relentless creativity, shot entirely on a replica of a slave ship built within an abandoned Citroën factory in Paris.
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