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Definition of unsparing in English: unsparingadjectiveʌnˈspɛːrɪŋˌənˈspɛrɪŋ 1Merciless; severe. he is unsparing in his criticism of the arms trade Example sentencesExamples - I'm going to be unsparing here, because I think any escort who works in such an unprincipled manner deserves trouble.
- Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil is life and breath for the proletarian movement.
- A huge mass of material has been organised into a clear, coherent narrative; it is well balanced between the serious politics and the intimate detail and is unsparing in its gruesome factual account of what it was like to be there.
- His criticism of religion was unsparing, as was his contempt for those who pinned progressive hopes on it.
- He accepted no excuses and could be unsparing when mistakes were made.
- He was a great support to this paper, helping to get it going in 1979, serving ever since on its editorial board, and above all contributing many exact, unsparing and funny pieces on poetry, on novels - and on football.
- The book is unsparing in revealing the grimness and horror of war, of the sudden loss of friends, of living under appalling conditions, of ‘trying to do what I could with a tourniquet of webbing on a youngster who had lost a leg’.
- It is entirely proper that such a major work, with its unsparing criticisms, should provoke a response from within the establishment.
- But Avedon went in another direction with his portrait work, shooting unsparing and often unflattering shots of subjects from Marilyn Monroe to Michael Moore.
- Recriminations will be many, various and, in some quarters, unsparing after flickering hopes of reaching the World Cup play-offs were extinguished by Belarus.
- They are unsparing in their criticism of the Socialist Party in its early years, before it broke definitively with a revolutionary orientation.
- When he writes about himself, Brown is tough and unsparing.
- Both were unsparing in their criticism of government and of the social organisations that held India in their vice-like grip.
- He is unsparing towards the imperfections of all religions, including his own, but remains committed to the path of Buddhism as a way of enlightenment.
- Though unsparing in his criticism of political adversaries, the former Chief Minister is adept at employing witty remarks and repartees to cushion the impact of his caustic remarks.
- Still, the wonder of this novel is Goodman's unsparing depiction of the failings of religion, even as she insists on its power to move and heal.
- While he is unsparing in his descriptions of the muddle, indecision and plain deceit in the preparation and conduct of the rising, he does communicate something of the small-scale grandeur of it all.
- Gentility is not the hallmark of Snyder's books: They're violent, unsparing and tough on both the reader and the characters.
- Lowe is unsparing in the book in her description of her husband - his morning ritual ‘inner cleansing’ that includes spitting and hawking - and his halting English.
- But Victorian County Court Judge, Graeme Crossley, was unsparing, describing Hopper's behaviour as a gross breach of trust of the entire Wesley College community.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, unpitying, ruthless, relentless, remorseless, unmerciful, unforgiving, implacable, uncompromising stern, strict, severe, stringent, harsh, tough, rigorous, exacting, demanding, inflexible, draconian Australian/New Zealand informal solid 2Given freely and generously. she had won her mother's unsparing approval Example sentencesExamples - The account of his marital infidelities, especially his affair with Assia Wevill in the early 1960s, is fair-minded and unsparing.
- It is a matter of concern not only for parents, teachers and the Executive, but for everyone who values the civil society that generations of Scots created through their unsparing efforts.
- Club chairman Stephen Henry is well aware of the unsparing efforts of all involved in the club.
- Time and again, in prose unsparing and unsentimental, Liz has allowed readers a peek into her own mental health struggles.
- He cannot be called that, but through his austerity, bearing, unwavering commitment and unsparing frankness he brought to his times a hint of the prophets of yore.
- Given what is known now of Lange's state of mind at the time, Richard's only crime was to be unsparing with the truth.
Synonyms ungrudging, unstinting, willingly given, free, free-handed, ready, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, unselfish lavish, liberal, generous, magnanimous, open-handed, munificent, bountiful profuse, abundant literary bounteous, plenteous
Derivatives adverbʌnˈspɛːrɪŋli These are some of the most unsparingly candid confessions about the sheer slog and awkwardness and grinding disappointment of designing ever committed to print. Example sentencesExamples - He gave of himself unsparingly and unstintingly.
- Compassionately but unsparingly portrayed, these women are not especially noble and are capable of a scathing backstreet wit.
- As Nariman's health deteriorates and he lies in the Chenoys' living-room enduring pain and incontinence, every odour and excretion is unsparingly described.
- However, if the decision rests on a mistaken view of the law, then law professors should criticize it sharply and unsparingly to make sure that its legal errors do not become accepted doctrine.
nounʌnˈspɛːrɪŋnəs In an Afterword written for this edition, Crews interrogates his own argument with characteristic unsparingness. Example sentencesExamples - They meet in a museum and discuss Goya - an exemplary figure to them both, for an unsparingness that somehow doesn't exclude hope.
- That unsparingness may also begin to account for the fact that the sum of his parts - and of his books - sometimes seems greater than the whole.
- Bad Boys may not be everyone's cup of tea, but its unsparingness makes for quite a welcome alternative when so many films gloss over the hardness of their material.
Definition of unsparing in US English: unsparingadjectiveˌənˈspɛrɪŋˌənˈsperiNG 1Merciless; severe. he is unsparing in his criticism of the arms trade Example sentencesExamples - While he is unsparing in his descriptions of the muddle, indecision and plain deceit in the preparation and conduct of the rising, he does communicate something of the small-scale grandeur of it all.
- Though unsparing in his criticism of political adversaries, the former Chief Minister is adept at employing witty remarks and repartees to cushion the impact of his caustic remarks.
- But Avedon went in another direction with his portrait work, shooting unsparing and often unflattering shots of subjects from Marilyn Monroe to Michael Moore.
- The book is unsparing in revealing the grimness and horror of war, of the sudden loss of friends, of living under appalling conditions, of ‘trying to do what I could with a tourniquet of webbing on a youngster who had lost a leg’.
- Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil is life and breath for the proletarian movement.
- He accepted no excuses and could be unsparing when mistakes were made.
- When he writes about himself, Brown is tough and unsparing.
- He was a great support to this paper, helping to get it going in 1979, serving ever since on its editorial board, and above all contributing many exact, unsparing and funny pieces on poetry, on novels - and on football.
- I'm going to be unsparing here, because I think any escort who works in such an unprincipled manner deserves trouble.
- It is entirely proper that such a major work, with its unsparing criticisms, should provoke a response from within the establishment.
- But Victorian County Court Judge, Graeme Crossley, was unsparing, describing Hopper's behaviour as a gross breach of trust of the entire Wesley College community.
- Recriminations will be many, various and, in some quarters, unsparing after flickering hopes of reaching the World Cup play-offs were extinguished by Belarus.
- They are unsparing in their criticism of the Socialist Party in its early years, before it broke definitively with a revolutionary orientation.
- A huge mass of material has been organised into a clear, coherent narrative; it is well balanced between the serious politics and the intimate detail and is unsparing in its gruesome factual account of what it was like to be there.
- Both were unsparing in their criticism of government and of the social organisations that held India in their vice-like grip.
- Gentility is not the hallmark of Snyder's books: They're violent, unsparing and tough on both the reader and the characters.
- His criticism of religion was unsparing, as was his contempt for those who pinned progressive hopes on it.
- Lowe is unsparing in the book in her description of her husband - his morning ritual ‘inner cleansing’ that includes spitting and hawking - and his halting English.
- Still, the wonder of this novel is Goodman's unsparing depiction of the failings of religion, even as she insists on its power to move and heal.
- He is unsparing towards the imperfections of all religions, including his own, but remains committed to the path of Buddhism as a way of enlightenment.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, unpitying, ruthless, relentless, remorseless, unmerciful, unforgiving, implacable, uncompromising 2Given freely and generously. she had won her mother's unsparing approval Example sentencesExamples - The account of his marital infidelities, especially his affair with Assia Wevill in the early 1960s, is fair-minded and unsparing.
- It is a matter of concern not only for parents, teachers and the Executive, but for everyone who values the civil society that generations of Scots created through their unsparing efforts.
- He cannot be called that, but through his austerity, bearing, unwavering commitment and unsparing frankness he brought to his times a hint of the prophets of yore.
- Club chairman Stephen Henry is well aware of the unsparing efforts of all involved in the club.
- Given what is known now of Lange's state of mind at the time, Richard's only crime was to be unsparing with the truth.
- Time and again, in prose unsparing and unsentimental, Liz has allowed readers a peek into her own mental health struggles.
Synonyms ungrudging, unstinting, willingly given, free, free-handed, ready, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, unselfish |