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unˈsparing, ppl. a.
[un-1 10.]
1. Showing no forbearance or mercy.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. vii, The pittilesse launce..(angry with being broken)..full of unsparing splinters, lighted upon that face. 1599Daniel Musoph. 323 No, no, vnsparing Time will prowdly send A warrant unto Wrath. 1649Milton Eikon. Pref. C, The unsparing Sword of Justice. 1770Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) vi. 166 Unsparing Mars Heap'd carnage round thee. 1781Cowper Lett. 2 Apr., Men of a rough and unsparing address. 1818Mitford Hist. Greece V. 155 Unsparing of himself, he seems however to have been strongly disposed to be considerate of others. 1844Kinglake Eothen viii, Cool, decisive in manner, unsparing of enemies. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 244 His unsparing, merciless character,..never diverted from its fell purpose.
2. Not niggardly; liberal, lavish.
1667Milton P.L. v. 344 Fruit of all kindes..She gathers,..and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. 1736Thomson Liberty v. 584 Unsparing love Their endless treasure, and their deeds their praise. 1781Cowper Expost. 677 Gratitude and temp'rance in our use Of what he gives, unsparing and profuse. 1819Shelley Cyclops 167 See, here are sheep,..Here are unsparing cheeses of pressed milk. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 23 The four or five ideas..are..turned over and over again with so unsparing a profuseness, that [etc.].
Hence unˈsparingness.
1818Mitford Hist. Greece V. 426 His extraordinary..successes, but especially his profuse unsparingness of himself,..had [etc.]. |